Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.
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 …
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.
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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