Althea Gibson Quotes - Famous Quotes by Althea Gibson
Born: 1927-08-25
Died: 2003-09-28
Althea Gibson Biography
Here stands before you a Negro woman, raised in Harlem, who went on to become a tennis player . . . and finally wind up being a world champion, in fact, the first black woman champion of this world.
- Althea Gibson
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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.
- Althea Gibson
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