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
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
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
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
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
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