The video presents a motivational narrative centered on Arthur Ashe, a three‑time Grand Slam tennis champion who contracted HIV in 1983 after a contaminated blood transfusion. When a young fan wrote to him asking, “Why did God select you for such a bad disease?”, Ashe replied with a now‑famous letter that is displayed at Wimbledon. In the letter he uses a cascading statistic—out of 50 million people who pick up a racket, only one ever lifts the Wimbledon cup—to illustrate how rare his achievement was and to argue that he never asked “why me” when he held the trophy. He urges listeners to adopt the same perspective: count one’s blessings, stop asking “why me” when faced with hardship, and reframe suffering as a reminder of how fortunate one truly is. The speaker frames the story as a life‑changing lesson for anyone who feels singled out by misfortune.
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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. The story is about an American named Arthur Ashe. Now, Arthur Ashe was a tennis player 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, transfused with contaminated blood. Which resulted in him getting infected with HIV, or as we all know, AIDS. And this news spread like a 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 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.
