217 Quotes by Jim Brown

You can’t get old without living.

The need to be cared for is the base of everything. In the penitentiaries, you won’t hear gangbangers and criminals say, ‘No, I don’t want to be cared for by nobody.’ When you care about them, they’ll open up to you.

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

I could run 200 yards at a stretch, I could duck between players, I felt free to make plays that suited me best. It wasn’t like football then and basketball today, where coaches tell you what foot to put down.

I don’t teach kids to be number 1. Organizations and people that tell you you have to be number 1; that’s not it. You don’t have to be number 1. What I teach is to be as good as you can be. Use what you have and be as good as you can be. That’s all you can do, anyway.

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

When I’m on a picture, I have two bosses – the director and the producer. My co-star is not my boss.

Ya know, America’s a great country. It’s great because it allows you to fight. And you can win, if you have the stamina and tenacity.

There is no excuse for violence. There is never a justification for anyone to impose themselves on someone else. And it will always be incorrect when it comes to a man and a woman, regardless of what might have happened. You need to be man enough to take the blow. That is always the best way. Do not put your hands on a woman.