Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.
Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown. - Althea Gibson
- 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 way, and half because … - 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 way, and half because …
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… - Althea Gibson
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…
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 … - Althea Gibson
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 …
I don't consciously beat the drums for any cause, not even the negro in the United States. - Althea Gibson
I don't consciously beat the drums for any cause, not even the negro in the United States.
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you. - Althea Gibson
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.
I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country. - Althea Gibson
I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.
In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are. - Althea Gibson
In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.
Winning once can be a fluke; winning twice proves you are the best. - Althea Gibson
Winning once can be a fluke; winning twice proves you are the best.
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