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SPORTS > tennis player > Althea Gibson
I always wanted...
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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.
Source: I Always Wanted to Be Somebody, 1958.
-- Althea Gibson, (Aug 25 1927-2003), US tennis player; She was the first Afro-American player to win both the U.S. Open and Wimbledon championships, 1957.