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Althea Gibson has 15 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• 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…
• 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…
• I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with…
• I was nervous and confident at the same, nervous about going out there in front of all those people, with so much…
• Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the…
• 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.

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