Author: Althea Gibson

Quotes

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.

- Althea Gibson

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.

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

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

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

- Althea Gibson

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

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

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