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Being champion is...

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Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.

Source: On retirement from tennis, So Much To Live For, 1968.
-- 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.


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