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Althea Gibson
 
Date of birth: 25 August 1927
Date of death: 28 September 2003
Country Of Origin: America
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" Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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" No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helps you. "

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

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" 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. "

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