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Althea Gibson

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No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helped you.


— Althea Gibson


#inspirational

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


— Althea Gibson


#champion #crown #eat #good #well

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


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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


#just #life #live #make #normal

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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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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No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.


— Althea Gibson


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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


#bus #carolina #colored #downtown #england

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


— Althea Gibson


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and British singles titles the British and Australian doubles championships and the U. Dodd in the Democratic primary for his seat. As there was no professional tour for women Gibson was limited to playing in exhibition tours including a series of matches before Harlem Globetrotter basketball games.

In the early 1960s Althea Gibson also became the first black player to compete on the women's golf tour. In 1956 Althea Gibson became the first person of color to win a Grand Slam title (the French Open). ".

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