Athlete Quote by Arthur Ashe

I still think that there's some kind of psychological investment in black athletes carrying the flag for "us" at times. So, sports [remains a]…

— George Elliott Clarke

Black athletes are always under more scrutiny.

— Edwin Moses

It pays to be the anti-Black scold on sports television.

— Jason Johnson

There is a solidarity that black people can find in celebrating the athletic success of our own, especially in sports where our existence is…

— Clint Smith

I suppose the "dilemma" might come up if I see a black athlete from the U.S. squaring off against a white Canadian athlete. Who…

— George Elliott Clarke

Black is a color of power and strength, and to see all those players, with the captains linking their arms in front - it's…

— Hayden Fry

There is a certain subset of African American sports announcers, anchors and analysts who are always ready to spring into action and give a…

— Jason Johnson

Every African-American I know has two faces. There's the face that we have for ourselves and the face we put on for white America…

— Lee Daniels

I think sports has done a disservice for a lot of black kids thinking they can only be successful through athletics and entertainment. I…

— Charles Barkley

In Africa, kids don't look at black athletes and say, 'They're different from us.' They look at them and say, 'That can be me.'

— Luol Deng

Money has changed today's black athletes. Those who have the ability as African men to bring a change in a community that so desperately…

— Jim Brown

I wanted to represent African-American athletes in a better way than what I saw when I grew up.

— Ahmad Rashad