13 Quotes by John Carlos

How can you ask someone to live in the world and not have something to say about injustice?

I don't feel embraced. I feel like a survivor. I was almost like we were on a deserted island. But we survived.

We were under tremendous economic stress. I took any job I could find. We had four children and some night I would have to chop up our furniture and make a fire in the middle of the room.

We didn't come up there with any bombs. We were trying to wake the country up and wake the world up too.

This statue is a glorified thing to have on my alma mater. It is here for the youth of America.

When you are caught driving under the influence and the result is a conviction, that record will translate into your driving record,

Those people should put all their millions of dollars together and make a factory that builds athlete-robots. Athletes are human beings. We have feelings, too. How can you ask someone to live in the world, to exist in the world, and not have something to say about injustice?

It stands for diversity. It stands for vision and strength. It stands for belief in the right things. That's what I think it stands for.

The beginning don't matter. The end don't matter. All that matters is what you do in between...the greatest reward is to know that you did your job when you were here on the planet.