I think I've already got the main thing I've always wanted, which is to be somebody, to have an identify. I'm Althea Gibson, the tennis champion. I hope it makes me happy.
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
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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