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Type: Athlete Quotes Category: American Athlete Quotes Date of Birth: August 25, 1927 Date of Death: September 28, 2003 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Althea Gibson Related Authors: Mike Tyson Dennis Rodman Muhammad Ali Willie Stargell Casey Stengel Billie Jean King Yogi Berra Mike James |
Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.
Althea Gibson 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 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 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 In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are. 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. Althea Gibson No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helps you. Althea Gibson No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you. Althea Gibson 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 |
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