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 I needed to start walking then because there was no way in the world I would… — 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
