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No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.


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

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.

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



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.

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.



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.

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.



I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.

I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.



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.

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.



Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.

Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.



I was nervous and confident at the same, nervous about going out there in front of all those people, with so much at stake, and confident that I was going to go out there and win.

I was nervous and confident at the same, nervous about going out there in front of all those people, with so much at stake, and confident that I was going to go out there and win.



Winning once can be a fluke; winning twice proves you are the best.

Winning once can be a fluke; winning twice proves you are the best.



I think I've already got the main thing I've always wanted, which is to be somebody, to have an identify. I'm Althea Gibson, the tennis champion. I hope it makes me happy.

I think I've already got the main thing I've always wanted, which is to be somebody, to have an identify. I'm Althea Gibson, the tennis champion. I hope it makes me happy.





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