668 Quotes About African

  • Author Dontrelle Willis
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    I'm dumbfounded ... ecstatic. It's historic. I never thought I'd be in this situation. (I feel) fortunate, and I hope African American players are proud of me.

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  • Author Dontrelle Willis
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    We definitely are few, but we're a proud few, ... Everybody's been rooting for me since I was 15. It's a camaraderie, not just pitchers but African American players in general.

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  • Author E. B. White
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    We've got 80 minutes and it could be the best 80 minutes of South Africa's rugby history for a long time. You can't make it any bigger than it is. To win tomorrow you win the Tri-Nations, you win back-to-back Tri-Nations, you go to number one in the world, you beat the All Blacks three times in succession, you can't try to make it any bigger. No South African side has won here (in Dunedin) since 1921. The more you talk about it the more you appreciate just how big this fixture is.

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  • Author Grant Wilson
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    Those two players, Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, learned and honed their skills on our tour and hopefully the tour provided them the opportunity to graduate and become important members of the world professional golf community. Certainly for South African Airways it enhances the event, it gives it stature.

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  • Author Isaiah Washington
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    I only became an actor to get your attention, to challenge the archetype of an African American male; I can't be anything else in this lifetime than an African American man.

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  • Author Jacqueline Woodson
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    People who don't know what it's like to be an African American don't understand that it's OK, ... I never want to be other than an African American.

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  • Author Jake White
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    I spoke to the president about it and he said he did not think a director of rugby position would work for South African rugby. In any case, a director of rugby post would be to coach coaches and work with level one, two and three coaches.

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  • Author Jacqueline Woodson
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    Before Grandma died, she talked about family history in a way she had never done before, ... She was interested in family history, especially African American women.

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