13 Quotes by Claude Brown

Reno was somebody from the streets. I think he took to me because he saw me as somebody from the streets, somebody who hated to see the sun go down on Eighth Avenue, who would run up on Amsterdam Avenue, follow the sun down the hill, across Broadway, to the Drive and the Hudson River, and then would wait for the sun to come back. I guess Reno thought he'd found somebody who was destined to be in the streets of Harlem for the rest of his life.

He is going to be a very big-time running back for the Buckeyes. I keep telling him to keep his nose clean, go to class, listen to the coaches. I don't hear anything from the coaches up there (at OSU), so I know he's doing a good job off the field.

He was frustrated, but kept it to himself. After the Penn State game (a 17-10 loss, Pittman gaining only 58 yards), Antonio talked to some people behind the scenes. Look at what he's done since.

I thought we were more disciplined than that. We made too many mistakes and had too many penalties and Steubenville did a nice job of capitalizing on them.

I thought we were more disciplined than that, ... We made too many mistakes and had too many penalties and Steubenville did a nice job of capitalizing on them.

I was told she and her husband were getting a divorce and that she wanted to keep the property. After a year she was to refinance it and when it was paid off my credit score would go up.

You don't mess with a man's money; you don't mess with a man's woman; you don't mess with a man's family or his manhood these were a man's principles . . .

For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?

Despite everything that Harlem did to our generation, I think it gave something to a few. It gave them a strength that couldn't be obtained anywhere else.