Althea Gibson quotes
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“Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.”
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“In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.”
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“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 twice proves you are the best.”
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“Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.”
-- Althea GibsonSource : Althea Gibson, Richard Curtis (1968). “So Much to Live for”
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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 me.”
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“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 downtown Wilmington, North Carolina.”
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“I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.”
-- Althea GibsonSource : Althea Gibson, Richard Curtis (1968). “So Much to Live for”
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“I don't consciously beat the drums for any cause, not even the negro in the United States.”
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“From 143rd Street in Harlem to the center court at Wimbledon is about as far as one can travel.”
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“No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.”
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“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 confident that I was going to go out there and win.”
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“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 to make it so.”
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“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 winner always has a program. The loser says it may be possible, but it's difficult; the winner says it may be difficult, but it's possible.”
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“Winning once can be a fluke; winning twice proves you are the best.”
-- Althea Gibson
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