Let's start with the black glove. We felt it necessary being the fact that the Olympic Games, for the first time ever [in 1968], had been televised worldwide. The second thing is the fact that it was in Technicolor. Never… — John Carlos Copy Share Image
[Sport officials] blocked their support of us. But those individuals [ Muhammad Ali, the Jim Browns, the Bill Russells, Kareem Abdul Jabbar ] were… — John Carlos Copy Share
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… — John Carlos Copy Share
The black socks [on me at Olympics in 1968] emphasized the fact that we had so many Blacks and people of color here in… — John Carlos Copy Share
My kids going to school and teachers denying my kids the grades that they should have once they found out that I was their… — John Carlos Copy Share
I think it's something that we said collectively, in terms of the fact that we was getting ready to face probably the biggest storms… — John Carlos Copy Share
If you look at the Olympic Games as a whole, if we would say we didn't want to interject politics into the games, then… — John Carlos Copy Share
I was a pallbearer. I felt, when I got the call that Peter had died, I didn't have any bank account, but I felt… — John Carlos Copy Share
It took some time for us to realize that [people] didn't particularly say they didn't like us or have the love for us that… — John Carlos Copy Share
Peter Norman is a humanitarian, and I say "is" because in my life, Peter Norman is never deceased. He's always going to live with… — John Carlos Copy Share
In life, there's the beginning and the end. The beginning don't matter. The end don't matter. All that matters is what you do in… — John Carlos Copy Share
The beads around my neck [at Olympics in 1968] indicated that there were so many Blacks throughout the history of this country that have… — John Carlos Copy Share
![“Let's start with the black glove. We felt it necessary being the fact that the Olympic Games, for the first time ever [in 1968], had been televised worldwide. The second thing is the fact that it was in Technicolor. Never had the games been shown in color before.We wanted it to be understood that…” quote by John Carlos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2b/john-carlos-16923_america_let-s-start-with-the-black-glove-we-felt_1125177.jpg)