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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.

Source: I Always Wanted to Be Somebody, Ch. 9, 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.

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