I'm a man that has a vision as to how this world can be, and I've gathered myself through all the ordeals… — John Carlos Copy Share Image
I'm sure there was people in Australia that told Peter Norman that hey, man, you shouldn't have done what you did, you… — John Carlos Copy Share Image
If you look at the Olympic Games as a whole, if we would say we didn't want to interject politics into the… — John Carlos Copy Share Image
Fortunately for me, I was able to see the newspaper and saw that they were hiring in a new program called the… — John Carlos Copy Share Image
Like I tell everyone, I say the bottom line to my life is that I've gone through torments in my life, but… — John Carlos Copy Share Image
He took a stance as a man, and the greatest thing about Peter Norman is when you sit back and think about… — John Carlos Copy Share Image
[Peter Norman] was a man of principle and pride, had a strong moral character. — John Carlos Copy Share Image
As a kid growing up and seeing so much strife taking place in society, and particularly on Blacks and people of color,… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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![“[Sport officials] blocked their support of us. But those individuals [ Muhammad Ali, the Jim Browns, the Bill Russells, Kareem Abdul Jabbar ] were old enough, they were wise enough, and they knew their history and this is why they came out in support of us, because they knew that we had our finger…” quote by John Carlos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/13b/john-carlos-16923_bills_sport-officials-blocked-their-support-of_4987.jpg)
![“The black socks [on me at Olympics in 1968] emphasized the fact that we had so many Blacks and people of color here in the United States, the greatest country in the world, that was running around in poverty every day, so we wanted to illustrate the fact that these individuals did not have shoes…” quote by John Carlos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d36/john-carlos-16923_black_the-black-socks-on-me-at-olympics-in-196_221018.jpg)
![“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 they had in the past, nor the respect. I think they chose to leave based on the fact that they felt a reprisal for being associated or having a friendship with John Carlos or…” quote by John Carlos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bd1/john-carlos-16923_facts_it-took-some-time-for-us-to-realize-that_593802.jpg)
