Author: Althea Gibson

Quotes

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

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

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