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.
Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown. - Althea Gibson
Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.
- 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… - 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 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 …
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 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.
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 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. - 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 conveniences to make it so.
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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