No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.

I was nervous and confident at the same, nervous about going out there in front of all those people, with so much at stake, and confident that I was going to go out there and win.

From 143rd Street in Harlem to the center court at Wimbledon is about as far as one can travel.

I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.

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

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

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.