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In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are. – Althea Gibson

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Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields dont really consider the amount of work required to stay tops. – Althea Gibson

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In sports, you simply arent 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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I tried to get a baseball movie made a couple of years ago and I dont think it didnt happen because I was a woman, but because sports movie dont sell internationally. – Callie Khouri

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There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim. – Billie Jean King

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Ive been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, Im convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadnt come calling. – Jamie Foxx

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I never really did sports growing up. Maybe thats why they intrigue me. The technology that goes into that clothing is steps ahead, so its always been something I look towards. – Alexander Wang

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