Althea Gibson

No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you. ”

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. ”

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

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. ”

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. ”