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

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.

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

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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