Althea Gibson Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches



Althea Gibson Quotes and Sayings


  • 1
    Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown. Althea Gibson | Refcard PDF
  • 2
    I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me. Althea Gibson | Refcard PDF
  • 3
    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 | Refcard PDF
  • 4
    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 | Refcard PDF
  • 5
    In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are. Althea Gibson | Refcard PDF
  • 6
    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 | Refcard PDF
  • 7
    No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you. Althea Gibson | Refcard PDF
  • 8
    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 | Refcard PDF

 

  

  

 

  

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