Althea Gibson Quotes

"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
(Related: Work)

"In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are."
- Althea Gibson
(Related: Sports)

"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
(Related: Sports, Winning)

"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
(Related: Life, Successful, Want)

"Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown."
- Althea Gibson
(Related: Being)

"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
(Related: Being, England, Queen)

"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
(Related: People, Help, Punishment)