217 Quotes by Jim Brown

I have a theory. An audience doesn't need to get wrapped up in blackness every time they see a Negro actor. And a movie doesn't have to be about race just because there's a Negro in it.

I had a choice to be lazy or lean - if I hadn't changed, thing probably would catch up with me.

If you truly believe something, and it's incorrect, that doesn't mean you don't have integrity.

I was just a big guy running down with a big, deep pocket and little short stick putting it against my chest.

People think that coaches are always right, but it's difficult to teach a runner how to run, because every runner is different. You have to have an understanding of how to assist what that runner has, so they know how to assist what you have without taking away your special ability, because you're not like anybody else.

The NCAA is probably the most reprehensible organization God ever created,

Money has changed today's black athletes. Those who have the ability as African men to bring a change in a community that so desperately needs it are concentrating only on their own careers, some charities and how much money they can make.

The bikes have been sitting around, but now were getting them out and using them.

Even though the money is great and the fame is great, you still have a lot of disenfranchised young men that are participating in the NFL that are not very happy. A lot of them are very bitter. A lot them are very angry. So many of them have had no fathers and no home life, and basically, no education.