Wanted Somebody Quotes 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…

— Althea Gibson

No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.

— Althea Gibson

Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.

— 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…

— 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…

— Althea Gibson

I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.

— Althea Gibson

“No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helped you.”

— 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…

— 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…

— Althea Gibson

Winning once can be a fluke; winning twice proves you are the best.

— 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…

— 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.

— 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…

— Althea Gibson

I don't consciously beat the drums for any cause, not even the negro in the United States.

— Althea Gibson

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.

— Althea Gibson