The video narrates the story of American tennis champion Arthur Ashe, a three‑time Grand Slam winner who contracted HIV in 1983 after receiving contaminated blood during surgery. While battling illness, Ashe received countless letters from fans, but one young fan’s question—"Why did God select you for such a bad disease?"—prompted Ashe to write a reply that has become iconic and is displayed at Wimbledon. In his letter, Ashe uses striking statistics about how few people ever reach the Wimbledon final to illustrate the rarity of his achievement, then emphasizes that he never asked "Why me?" despite his success, and now, even in pain, he refuses to ask the same question. The narrator urges viewers to adopt Ashe’s mindset: count one’s blessings and stop asking "Why me?" when faced with hardship. The piece blends biographical facts, statistical context, and a motivational call to gratitude.
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Why me? Why this happens to me only? Why do all the bad things happen to me? If you ever thought like that, this story might change your life. This story is about an American named Arthur Ashe. Now, Arthur Ashe Haritosh Srivastav was a tennis player, and not an ordinary tennis player. He was a 3-time Grand Slam winner in the singles titles, which means that he was at the peak in 1980s. And one day he had to go for a regular operation, and in 1983 there was some mess-up happened and he got contaminated blood. He was transfused, transfused with contaminated blood, which resulted in him getting infected with HIV, or as we all know, AIDS. And this news spread like wildfire. Thousands and thousands of Fans became so sad, they started writing letters to Arthur. And Arthur was getting weak, so he was not replying to all these letters. But he was getting— every week he was getting hundreds of letters. But there was this letter from a young fan that he couldn't stop himself from replying. And the young fan had wrote, why did God have to select you for such a bad disease. Arthur Ashe, in that bad health, wrote a reply which became an epic and has been posted or printed on the court of the Wimbledon. And this is where it can change your life too. And he wrote in the letter, my dear friend You see, everywhere in the world, around 50 million people start playing tennis. Out of that, 5 million people actually learn to play tennis. Out of those 5 million, only 500,000 get a chance to play professional tennis. Out of that 500,000, only 5,000 get a chance to go to any of the Grand Slams. Out of that 5,000, only 50 ever get a chance to play in Wimbledon. Out of those 50 who play in the Wimbledon, only 4 get into semi-final. Out of those 4, only 2 get to final, and only one gets the chance to lift the cup. My dear friend, when I was holding that cup, I never asked God, why me? Now that when I am in pain Why should I ask the God? Why me? Have you ever counted your blessings? Have you ever counted the good, the great, that amazing things that has happened to you? If you start counting them, you will probably start, or rather stop, saying why me when something doesn't go your way.
