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Althea Gibson

  • “No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps you.”

    • Althea Gibson,
    • in Time ()

  • “I always wanted to be somebody. ... If I've made it, it's half because I was game to take a wicked amount of punishment along the way and half because there were an awful lot of people who cared enough to help me.”

    • Althea Gibson,
    • in Ed Fitzgerald, ed., I Always Wanted to Be Somebody ()

  • “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 that you are the best.”

    • Althea Gibson,
    • in Ed Fitzgerald, ed., I Always Wanted to Be Somebody ()

  • “[On retiring from tennis:] Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.”

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

    • Althea Gibson,
    • in Peter Beilenson, ed., The Sports Page ()

Althea Gibson, U.S. tennis pro, golf pro, Olympic medalist

(1927 - 2003)

Full name: Althea Gibson Darben.