Althea Gibson Quotes

• No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.

  Althea Gibson

  Motivational, Teamwork, Teacher

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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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  Answers, May, Loser

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• Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.

  Althea Gibson

  Tennis, Champion, Crowns

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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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  Happiness, Inspiring, Success

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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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  Sports, Hockey, Fields

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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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  Queens, Hands, Long

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• Winning once can be a fluke; winning twice proves you are the best.

  Althea Gibson

  Winning, Flukes, Prove

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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 Gibson

  Country, Tennis, Credit

  Althea Gibson, Richard Curtis (1968). “So Much to Live for”

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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.

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  Fields, Aspiration, Aspire

  Althea Gibson, Richard Curtis (1968). “So Much to Live for”

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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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  Motivational, Winning, People

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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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  Inspirational, Sports, Workout

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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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  Leadership, Sports, Wimbledon

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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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  Successful, Pedestal, Want

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• 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.

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  Thinking, Tennis, Champion

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• I don't consciously beat the drums for any cause, not even the negro in the United States.

  Althea Gibson

  United States, Causes, Beats

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