Since I was a little kid, my mom always told me that
Miss Althea Gibson said it's okay to
"walk out on the court like a lady, all dressed up...
be polite to everybody, and still play like a tiger."
This is how I play tennis, play volleyball, do my school work,
and live my life. This is one of my favorite quotes.
I hope you like it along with the other quotes below.
~ Corinne Chau
Miss Althea Gibson said it's okay to
"walk out on the court like a lady, all dressed up...
be polite to everybody, and still play like a tiger."
This is how I play tennis, play volleyball, do my school work,
and live my life. This is one of my favorite quotes.
I hope you like it along with the other quotes below.
~ Corinne Chau
Literacy
"I knew I was truly free when I could read a book." ~ Frederick Douglass
"A book that is shut is just a block." ~ Thomas Fuller
"My best friend is a person who gives me a book I have not read yet." ~ Abraham Lincoln
Education
"Education is the best provision for old age." ~ Aristotle
"Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine." ~ Benjamin Franklin
"Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." ~ Nelson Mandela
"I am still learning." ~ Michelangelo
"All of life is a constant education." ~Eleanor Roosevelt, former U.S. First Lady
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." ~ William Butler Yeats, poet
Tennis
"If your backhand is your strongest stroke, you'll never break down. Never." ~ Dr. Robert "Whirlwind" Johnson
"The polite manners of the game, that seemed so silly to me at first, gradually began to appeal to me. I began to understand that you could walk out on the court, all dresed in ammaculate white, be polite to everybody, and still play like a tiger." ~ Althea Gibson
"Everybody must learn to lose. You can't play the game if you can't take the losing." ~ Arthur Ashe
"If tennis is a game for ladies and gentlemen, it's time... we acted a litttle more like gentle people and less like sanctimonius hypocrites.... If Althea Gibson represents a challenge to the present crop of women players, it's only fair that they should meet that challenge on the courts, where tennis is played." ~ Alice Marble
"I pray, but I don't pray to win. I pray for the inspiration to give my best." ~ Althea Gibson
"Lob more." ~ Rod Laver
"Start with steadiness and smarts. Then add aggression and power." ~ Arthur Ashe
"Let's face it: The most glamerous part of any game is the offense. But the defense is the key to victory. So keep plugging away and get the ball back." ~ Bobby Riggs
"When you're put in a tough situation, you can't run from it-- you have to deal with it. Otherwise, you loose."
~ Michael Chang
"Don't go for winners on every shot. Wait for the right moment." ~ Bobby Riggs
"Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. It never really cancels the fear of losing; you keep
challenging it." ~ Arthur Ashe
"One must separate the emotional from the practical." ~ Arthur Ashe
"You win alone, just as you lose alone." ~ Arthur Ashe
"Everything in this game is within." ~ Arthur Ashe
"When the toss is off, it throws the whole rhythm haywire. When you loose that grove, you start to struggle and expend a great deal more energy." ~ Arthur Ashe
"The meek may inherit the earth, but they won't win many tennis matches." ~ Brad Gilbert
"Sportmanship is the essence of the game." ~ Rod Laver
"To be successful, a certain single-mindedness is required-- on the court or off." ~ Arthur Ashe
All Althea (quotes from the legend herself)
"I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country."
"I just wanted to play, play, play."
"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."
"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. I think I've already got the main thing I've always wanted, which is to be somebody, to have identity. I'm Althea Gibson, the tennis champion. I hope it makes me happy."
"No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you."
"In the field of sports, you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are."
"I knew that I was an unusual, talented girl through the grace of God. I didn't need to prove that to myself. I only wanted to prove it to my opponents."
"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."
"People thought I was ruthless, which I was. I didn't give a darn who was on the other side of the net. I'd knock you down if you got in my way."
"I want the public to remember me as they knew me: athletic, smart, and healthy... Remember me strong and tough and quick, fleet of foot and tenacious."
"I was born too soon."
Life Lessons
"Every Man Should Try." ~ Dr. Hubert A. Eaton
"I guess the thing that he [Dr. J.] most instilled in me was to keep your cool at alll times. I feel that has been a trademark of all the people who have been under in his wings. Whether they made or not, all have been cool on the court." ~ Juan Farrow, interviewed by Doug Smith as an adult in the 1980s
"Never equate losing with failure." ~ Arthur Ashe
"Spend more time preparing and less time regretting." ~ Virginia Wade
"Most of us who aspire to be tops in our field don't really consider the amont of work required to stay tops."
~ Althea Gibson
"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it."
~ Winston Churchill, British prime minister
"Give light and people will find their own way." ~ motto, Scripps-Howard Newspapers"
"Everything in this game is within." ~ Arthur Ashe
"I tell my players that, eventually, they have to get to the point where they hate losing more than they love winning." ~ Coach Larry "Scoach" Schofield
"You've got to get to that state in your life where going for it is more important than winning or losing."
~ Arthur Ashe
"Stay humble and hungry." ~ Coach Larry "Scoach" Schofield
"I knew I was truly free when I could read a book." ~ Frederick Douglass
"A book that is shut is just a block." ~ Thomas Fuller
"My best friend is a person who gives me a book I have not read yet." ~ Abraham Lincoln
Education
"Education is the best provision for old age." ~ Aristotle
"Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine." ~ Benjamin Franklin
"Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." ~ Nelson Mandela
"I am still learning." ~ Michelangelo
"All of life is a constant education." ~Eleanor Roosevelt, former U.S. First Lady
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." ~ William Butler Yeats, poet
Tennis
"If your backhand is your strongest stroke, you'll never break down. Never." ~ Dr. Robert "Whirlwind" Johnson
"The polite manners of the game, that seemed so silly to me at first, gradually began to appeal to me. I began to understand that you could walk out on the court, all dresed in ammaculate white, be polite to everybody, and still play like a tiger." ~ Althea Gibson
"Everybody must learn to lose. You can't play the game if you can't take the losing." ~ Arthur Ashe
"If tennis is a game for ladies and gentlemen, it's time... we acted a litttle more like gentle people and less like sanctimonius hypocrites.... If Althea Gibson represents a challenge to the present crop of women players, it's only fair that they should meet that challenge on the courts, where tennis is played." ~ Alice Marble
"I pray, but I don't pray to win. I pray for the inspiration to give my best." ~ Althea Gibson
"Lob more." ~ Rod Laver
"Start with steadiness and smarts. Then add aggression and power." ~ Arthur Ashe
"Let's face it: The most glamerous part of any game is the offense. But the defense is the key to victory. So keep plugging away and get the ball back." ~ Bobby Riggs
"When you're put in a tough situation, you can't run from it-- you have to deal with it. Otherwise, you loose."
~ Michael Chang
"Don't go for winners on every shot. Wait for the right moment." ~ Bobby Riggs
"Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. It never really cancels the fear of losing; you keep
challenging it." ~ Arthur Ashe
"One must separate the emotional from the practical." ~ Arthur Ashe
"You win alone, just as you lose alone." ~ Arthur Ashe
"Everything in this game is within." ~ Arthur Ashe
"When the toss is off, it throws the whole rhythm haywire. When you loose that grove, you start to struggle and expend a great deal more energy." ~ Arthur Ashe
"The meek may inherit the earth, but they won't win many tennis matches." ~ Brad Gilbert
"Sportmanship is the essence of the game." ~ Rod Laver
"To be successful, a certain single-mindedness is required-- on the court or off." ~ Arthur Ashe
All Althea (quotes from the legend herself)
"I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country."
"I just wanted to play, play, play."
"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."
"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. I think I've already got the main thing I've always wanted, which is to be somebody, to have identity. I'm Althea Gibson, the tennis champion. I hope it makes me happy."
"No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you."
"In the field of sports, you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are."
"I knew that I was an unusual, talented girl through the grace of God. I didn't need to prove that to myself. I only wanted to prove it to my opponents."
"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."
"People thought I was ruthless, which I was. I didn't give a darn who was on the other side of the net. I'd knock you down if you got in my way."
"I want the public to remember me as they knew me: athletic, smart, and healthy... Remember me strong and tough and quick, fleet of foot and tenacious."
"I was born too soon."
Life Lessons
"Every Man Should Try." ~ Dr. Hubert A. Eaton
"I guess the thing that he [Dr. J.] most instilled in me was to keep your cool at alll times. I feel that has been a trademark of all the people who have been under in his wings. Whether they made or not, all have been cool on the court." ~ Juan Farrow, interviewed by Doug Smith as an adult in the 1980s
"Never equate losing with failure." ~ Arthur Ashe
"Spend more time preparing and less time regretting." ~ Virginia Wade
"Most of us who aspire to be tops in our field don't really consider the amont of work required to stay tops."
~ Althea Gibson
"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it."
~ Winston Churchill, British prime minister
"Give light and people will find their own way." ~ motto, Scripps-Howard Newspapers"
"Everything in this game is within." ~ Arthur Ashe
"I tell my players that, eventually, they have to get to the point where they hate losing more than they love winning." ~ Coach Larry "Scoach" Schofield
"You've got to get to that state in your life where going for it is more important than winning or losing."
~ Arthur Ashe
"Stay humble and hungry." ~ Coach Larry "Scoach" Schofield