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Althea Gibson Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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