No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helps you.
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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.Althea Gibson
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
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 Gibson
Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.
Althea Gibson
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.
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