Carolina QuotesI was lean, mean, and hungry.
Althea Gibson Carolinian
Source
No citation is recorded for this quotation.
- work
- Talk at a Women in Sports conference at Catonsville Community College (February 1980)
- year
- 1980
no citation recorded
Cite this record
“I was lean, mean, and hungry.” Althea Gibson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-C927E672D8. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/c927e672d8
More from Althea Gibson
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.
It takes a lot to become a champion. You need to be a killer. If you can't look over that net and see Public Enemy Number One, then you aren't going to be a champ."
Being the Queen of Tennis is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown. Nor can you send the Internal Revenue Service a throne clipped to their tax forms...I reign over an empty bank account, and I'm not going to fill it by playing amateur tennis.