Althea Gibson Quotes
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No one's noticed. So much is destroyed, we can't be bothered.
— Doris Lessing
In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.
— Althea Gibson
Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.
— Althea Gibson
True friendship is like the asphalt of life. It fills in the potholes and makes the journey smooth.
— Richard G. Scott
It is the essence of genius to make use of the simplest ideas.
— Charles Peguy
I'm pretty good at surprising friends and family with gifts. I tend to go towards the more sentimental side of giving.
— Ryan Reynolds
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.
— Althea Gibson
The body is not hidden from the soul, nor is the soul hidden from the body, and yet the soul is not for everyone to see.
— Rumi
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.
— Karl Marx
I just want to see you come apart.
I wanted to tell her that she was witnessing it now, and in all honesty she'd been watching it happen for weeks. — Christina Lauren
I wanted to tell her that she was witnessing it now, and in all honesty she'd been watching it happen for weeks. — Christina Lauren
Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.
— Althea Gibson
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.
— Althea Gibson
I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.
— Althea Gibson
I don't consciously beat the drums for any cause, not even the negro in the United States.
— Althea Gibson
No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.
— Daniel Webster