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This quote is just one of 8 total Althea Gibson quotes in our collection. Althea Gibson is known for saying '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.' as well as some of the following quotes.
Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.
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.
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.
This quote is just one of 8 total Althea Gibson quotes in our collection. Althea Gibson is known for saying '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.' as well as some of the following quotes.