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Althea Gibson [1927-2003] American

Rank: 107
Athlete, Tennis player

Althea Gibson was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first person of color to win a Grand Slam title. The following year she won both Wimbledon and the U.S.

Sports, Best

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I always wanted to be somebody. 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.		101
Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.		102
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.		103
In 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.	Best, Sports	104
In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.	Sports	105
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.		106
Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.		107
Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina.		108

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