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.
Althea GibsonIn the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.
Althea GibsonMost of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.
Althea GibsonI hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.
Althea Gibson