Words Worth Noting - September 7, 2026

“The loser says, it may be possible but it’s difficult. The winner says, it may be difficult, but it’s possible.”

Althea Gibson, 1958 Wimbledon and US Open Women’s Champion, on ESPN, September 11, 1987, 7:00 PM [Gibson broke the “colour bar” in women’s tennis and on becoming the first black woman to win Wimbledon, after receiving the trophy from Elizabeth II, commented "Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus."]