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Entertainment => SMS & QUOTES => Topic started by: MysteRy on November 18, 2013, 02:38:18 PM

Title: ~ Althea Gibson Quotes ~
Post by: MysteRy on November 18, 2013, 02:38:18 PM
Althea Gibson Quotes

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A World No. 1 American sportswoman who became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam title in 1956.
Althea Gibson (August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003) was a World No. 1 American sportswoman who became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam title in 1956. She is sometimes referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the color barrier. Gibson was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

Here are some famous quotes by Althea Gibson.

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No matter what accomplishments you make somebody helped you.
Title: Re: ~ Althea Gibson Quotes ~
Post by: MysteRy on November 18, 2013, 02:39:58 PM
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.
Title: Re: ~ Althea Gibson Quotes ~
Post by: MysteRy on November 18, 2013, 02:40:52 PM
I was nervous and confident at the same time nervous about going out there in front of all of those people with so much at stake and confident that I was going to go out there and win.