6 Quotes & Sayings By Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson is an American professional basketball player who is considered to be one of the greatest female basketball players of all time. She is known for her dominance in the sport and for her achievements in 1971, when she became the first woman to win the WNBA Most Valuable Player Award. Gibson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.

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I was nervous and confident at the same time nervous about going out there in front of all of those people with so much at stake and confident that I was going to go out there and win. Althea Gibson
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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
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No matter what accomplishments you make somebody helped you. Althea Gibson
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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. Althea Gibson
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In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are. Althea Gibson