I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.
Althea GibsonIn 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.
Althea GibsonFrom 143rd Street in Harlem to the center court at Wimbledon is about as far as one can travel.
Althea GibsonI 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.
Althea Gibson