25 Quotes by Althea Gibson

The loser is always a part of the problem; the winner is always a part of the answer. The loser always has an excuse; the winner always has a program. The loser says it may be possible, but it’s difficult; the winner says it may be difficult, but it’s possible.

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

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.

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

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 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 have done enough for sports and made enough of a name for myself to deserve some sort of backing - most of the other girls have it.