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title: "2 Cared Quotes By Althea Gibson"
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> [I always wanted to be somebody...If I've made it, it's half because I was game to take a wicked amount of punishment along the way, and half because there were an awful lot of people who cared enough to help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/i-always-wanted-to-be-somebody-if-i-ve-made-it-it-s-half-because-i/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/346/althea-gibson-29594_amount_i-always-wanted-to-be-somebody-if-i-ve-m_1348753.jpg)

> [I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/i-always-wanted-to-be-somebody-if-i-made-it-it-s-half-because-i-was/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/althea-gibson-29594_along_i-always-wanted-to-be-somebody-if-i-made_1621324.png)

## Other authors on Cared

## More by Althea Gibson

> [I think I have done enough for sports and made enough of a name for myself to deserve some sort of backing - most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/i-think-i-have-done-enough-for-sports-and-made-enough-of-a-name-for/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

> [No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/no-matter-what-accomplishments-you-make-somebody-helped-you/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

> [Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/being-champion-is-all-well-and-good-but-you-can-t-eat-a-crown/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

> [In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/in-sports-you-simply-aren-t-considered-a-real-champion-until-you-have/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

> [Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/shaking-hands-with-the-queen-of-england-was-a-long-way-from-being/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

> [I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/i-hope-that-i-have-accomplished-just-one-thing-that-i-have-been-a/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

> [“No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helped you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/no-matter-what-accomplishments-you-achieve-somebody-helped-you/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

> [I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/i-don-t-want-to-be-put-on-a-pedestal-i-just-want-to-be-reasonably/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

> [I always wanted to be somebody...If I've made it, it's half because I was game to take a wicked amount of punishment along the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/i-always-wanted-to-be-somebody-if-i-ve-made-it-it-s-half-because-i/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

> [Winning once can be a fluke; winning twice proves you are the best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/winning-once-can-be-a-fluke-winning-twice-proves-you-are-the-best/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

> [I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/i-always-wanted-to-be-somebody-if-i-made-it-it-s-half-because-i-was/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

> [Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/most-of-us-who-aspire-to-be-tops-in-our-fields-don-t-really-consider/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

> [I think I've already got the main thing I've always wanted, which is to be somebody, to have an identify. I'm Althea Gibson, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/i-think-i-ve-already-got-the-main-thing-i-ve-always-wanted-which-is/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

> [I don't consciously beat the drums for any cause, not even the negro in the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/i-don-t-consciously-beat-the-drums-for-any-cause-not-even-the-negro/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

> [In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/althea-gibson/in-the-field-of-sports-you-are-more-or-less-accepted-for-what-you-do/)

[Althea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/althea-gibson/)

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