Althea Gibson Quotes

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• In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.
• Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.
• 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 it…
• Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.
• The loser is always a part of the problem; the winner is always a part of the answer. The loser always has an excuse; the…
• 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 conveniences…
• I was nervous and confident at the same, nervous about going out there in front of all those people, with so much at stake, and…
• Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into…
• From 143rd Street in Harlem to the center court at Wimbledon is about as far as one can travel.
• I don't consciously beat the drums for any cause, not even the negro in the United States.
• I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.
• Winning once can be a fluke; winning twice proves you are the best.
• No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.
• 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,…
• 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…

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