"We all know people who influence us and, if we are lucky, we meet a few in our lives who improve

"We all know people who influence us and, if we are lucky, we meet a few in our lives who improve us. Althea Gibson improved my life and the lives of countless others. She was the first to break so many barriers ... [She] became, and remained, one of my true heroines."
Billie Jean King
Former No. 1 tennis player, after the death of Althea Gibson, who broke tennis' color barrier in the 1950s as the first black entrant and champion at Wimbledon and the U.S.national tournament.
"I used to be a fighter, but now I'm pushing the wheel."
Prince Wilson, 24
A former Liberian soldier who now makes a living delivering goods via wheelbarrow.