Althea Gibson Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 25, 1927 - September 28, 2003

Topics

PeopleMeGameEnoughHelpWay

No veteran or active duty service member should endure a long hospital stay alone. Yet sadly, due to the high cost of travel, all too often our military families are separated while America's heroes receive care. Sometimes families sleep in hospital parking lots, unable to afford long stays in a hotel.

John Delaney

AloneServiceTravelSleepCare

I think the fall in Eden was ultimately a failure to give thanks.

Ann Voskamp

FailureThinkFallThanksGiveEden

Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws.

Michael Badnarik

GunThinkMercyNothingLawsWho

When young people implode, we judge them rather than saying they need help.

Amanda de Cadenet

PeopleSayingJudgeHelpYoungNeed

I have a majority girl audience on YouTube.

Troye Sivan

GirlYouTubeAudienceMajority

I have a completely addictive personality. Diet Coke is my last - God, I know people counting days off Diet Coke; I'm such a Diet Cokehead. Now I won't let myself buy it.

Mary Karr

GodMyselfPersonalityPeopleDiet

All the guys at Marvel are really passionate, and they love entertaining folks, and they really think about the story, and there's a lot of thought that goes into that.

Michael Pena

LoveStoryThinkThoughtPassionate

It's kind of crazy how music helped me overcome the anxieties that I have.

Lou Barlow

MusicMeCrazyKindOvercomeHow

Four is actually my lucky number.

Chloe Kim

LuckyNumberFourActually

I wish I wrote 'Don't Speak' by No Doubt. I mean, that is a classic heartbreak song; it gets me every time.

Bonnie McKee

TimeMeSongSpeakWishDoubt

Obviously when it comes to the question of telling stories about other people's lives in a situation as political as South Africa, you get to be political.

Athol Fugard

PeoplePoliticalYouSituationGet

Being a World Cup winner was a dream come true.

Ali Krieger

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