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 think the Olympic Games have been married to political statements. If I go back to Berlin in 1936, it was very… — John Carlos Copy Share Image
Let's start with the black glove. We felt it necessary being the fact that the Olympic Games, for the first time ever… — 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