Althea Gibson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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

#Tennis #Champion #Crowns
In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.
-- Althea Gibson

#Sports #Fields #Accepted
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.
-- Althea Gibson

#Sports #Real #Winning
Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.
-- Althea Gibson

#Fields #Aspiration
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.
-- Althea Gibson

#Happiness #Inspiring #Success
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.
-- Althea Gibson

#Queens #Hands #Long
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
I don't consciously beat the drums for any cause, not even the negro in the United States.
-- Althea Gibson

#United States #Causes #Beats
From 143rd Street in Harlem to the center court at Wimbledon is about as far as one can travel.
-- Althea Gibson

#Leadership #Sports #Wimbledon
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.
-- Althea Gibson

#Motivational #History #Accomplishment
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.
-- Althea Gibson

#Motivational #Winning #People
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

#Successful #Pedestal #Want
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.
-- Althea Gibson

#Answers #May #Loser
Winning once can be a fluke; winning twice proves you are the best.
-- Althea Gibson

#Winning #Flukes #Prove

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