--- title: "16 Trayvon Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 16 Trayvon quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Trayvon sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63d/barack-obama-17_been_trayvon-martin-could-have-been-me-35-yea_3143503.jpg" --- > [Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/trayvon-martin-could-have-been-me-35-years-ago/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63d/barack-obama-17_been_trayvon-martin-could-have-been-me-35-yea_3143503.jpg) > [Trayvon Martin, at the most, seems only to have been guilty of being himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aberjhani/trayvon-martin-at-the-most-seems-only-to-have-been-guilty-of-being/) [Aberjhani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aberjhani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b55/aberjhani-1814_african-american-men_trayvon-martin-at-the-most-seems-only-to_1977046.png) > [If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/if-i-had-a-son-he-d-look-like-trayvon/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/barack-obama-17_ifs_if-i-had-a-son-he-d-look-like-trayvon-30_3017199.jpg) > [The media needs to stop trying to dehumanize Trayvon Martin when they need to focus on why George Zimmerman is free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enhance-dreams/the-media-needs-to-stop-trying-to-dehumanize-trayvon-martin-when-they/) [Enhance Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enhance-dreams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/enhance-dreams-769_george-zimmerman_the-media-needs-to-stop-trying-to-dehuma_69810.jpg) > [ If \[George\] Zimmerman had been arrested for domestic violence, Trayvon Martin might still be alive. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/if-george-zimmerman-had-been-arrested-for-domestic-violence-trayvon/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e0/gloria-steinem-277_alive_if-george-zimmerman-had-been-arrested-fo_215063.jpg) > [My main message is to the parents of Trayvon Martin. You know, if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/my-main-message-is-to-the-parents-of-trayvon-martin-you-know-if-i-had/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/barack-obama-17_looks_my-main-message-is-to-the-parents-of-tra_2107158.jpg) > [ Trayvon Martin could have been any of our sons, so I was not especially moved by that remark of President \[Barack\] Obama's. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/trayvon-martin-could-have-been-any-of-our-sons-so-i-was-not/) [Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/julianne-malveaux-8775_barack_trayvon-martin-could-have-been-any-of-ou_714179.jpg) > [ \[Barack Obama\] intended, I think, to say that he took Trayvon's \[ Martin\] death somewhat personally. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/barack-obama-intended-i-think-to-say-that-he-took-trayvon-s-martin/) [Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/julianne-malveaux-8775_barack_barack-obama-intended-i-think-to-say-tha_271237.jpg) > [I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin's death as George Zimmerman was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldo-rivera/i-think-the-hoodie-is-as-much-responsible-for-trayvon-martin-s-death/) [Geraldo Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldo-rivera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/geraldo-rivera-11087_fox-news_i-think-the-hoodie-is-as-much-responsibl_989239.png) > [The cure for the Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner tragedies is not education or exposure. It's the Gospel.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-watson/the-cure-for-the-michael-brown-trayvon-martin-tamir-rice-and-eric/) [Benjamin Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/benjamin-watson-26563_brown_the-cure-for-the-michael-brown-trayvon-m_1002346.jpg) > [The vision preached by my father a half-century ago was that his four little children would no longer live in a nation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-iii/the-vision-preached-by-my-father-a-half-century-ago-was-that-his-four/) [Martin Luther King III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-iii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/martin-luther-king-iii-5061_century_the-vision-preached-by-my-father-a-half_1543614.png) > [We have two boys. After George Zimmerman was found not guilty of killing Trayvon Martin, we had to explain to our older…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gina-prince-bythewood/we-have-two-boys-after-george-zimmerman-was-found-not-guilty-of/) [Gina Prince-Bythewood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gina-prince-bythewood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96e/gina-prince-bythewood-12054_boys_we-have-two-boys-after-george-zimmerman_920955.jpg) > [I was reading the paper and saw a cartoon with Ray Kelly frisking Obama, and I was like "Wait, what's happening?" so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adepero-oduye/i-was-reading-the-paper-and-saw-a-cartoon-with-ray-kelly-frisking/) [Adepero Oduye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adepero-oduye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/adepero-oduye-27380_book_i-was-reading-the-paper-and-saw-a-cartoo_2562034.png) > [You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/you-know-when-trayvon-martin-was-first-shot-i-said-that-this-could/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/barack-obama-17_african-american_you-know-when-trayvon-martin-was-first-s_3031288.jpg) > [ Over the course of the years, I've learned \[that\] fashion is a fascinating business about selling magic. It is done on the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-givhan/over-the-course-of-the-years-i-ve-learned-that-fashion-is-a/) [Robin Givhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-givhan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ac/robin-givhan-36427_african-american_over-the-course-of-the-years-i-ve-learne_389696.jpg) > [It was a gloomy day, Young boy walking on a narrow street. Felt someone following him, So all he heard was his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-cius/it-was-a-gloomy-day-young-boy-walking-on-a-narrow-street-felt-someone/) [Vladimir Cius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-cius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/214/vladimir-cius-113950_alone_it-was-a-gloomy-day-young-boy-walking-on_947101.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trayvon/#itemlist", "name": "Trayvon Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/trayvon-martin-could-have-been-me-35-years-ago/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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It's the Gospel. So, finally, I'M ENCOURAGED because the Gospel gives mankind hope,", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Benjamin Watson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-watson/the-cure-for-the-michael-brown-trayvon-martin-tamir-rice-and-eric/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/benjamin-watson-26563_brown_the-cure-for-the-michael-brown-trayvon-m_1002346.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/benjamin-watson-26563_brown_the-cure-for-the-michael-brown-trayvon-m_1002346.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/benjamin-watson-26563_brown_the-cure-for-the-michael-brown-trayvon-m_1002346.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The cure for the Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner tragedies is not education or…” — Benjamin Watson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The vision preached by my father a half-century ago was that his four little children would no longer live in a nation where they would judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. 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After George Zimmerman was found not guilty of killing Trayvon Martin, we had to explain to our older son, who was 12 at the time, how that could happen. Instead of hugging and consoling him, my husband pulled out a documentary about Emmett Till and showed it to him and started to talk about how the justice system works in this country - and how it often doesn't. From that conversation, our son wrote a short story about Trayvon Martin going to heaven to meet Emmett Till.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gina Prince-Bythewood" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gina-prince-bythewood/we-have-two-boys-after-george-zimmerman-was-found-not-guilty-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96e/gina-prince-bythewood-12054_boys_we-have-two-boys-after-george-zimmerman_920955.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96e/gina-prince-bythewood-12054_boys_we-have-two-boys-after-george-zimmerman_920955.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96e/gina-prince-bythewood-12054_boys_we-have-two-boys-after-george-zimmerman_920955.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We have two boys. After George Zimmerman was found not guilty of killing Trayvon Martin, we had to explain…” — Gina Prince-Bythewood", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was reading the paper and saw a cartoon with Ray Kelly frisking Obama, and I was like \"Wait, what's happening?\" so I Googled it. 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Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. 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