John Barnes

I don't differentiate between racism in football to racism in life so, therefore, as a football manager I knew that I would…

— John Barnes

“It wasn't that funny, but I laughed. There wouldn't be much laughter in the world if people didn't like each other, because…

— John Barnes

I think Hazard influences the team so much that anywhere he goes you have to give him the ball.

— John Barnes

My mother made me believe in reincarnation, in karma. If I live a good life, I believe I will be reincarnated as…

— John Barnes

“But I'd been raised pure Ohio: the Zeroth Commandment was Thou Shalt Not Be Any Trouble to Anybody Ever.”

— John Barnes

We should be the first to help disadvantaged people. What would happen if other countries decided to follow our example?

— John Barnes

Once you have players you like and a good enough squad there's no need to spend money.

— John Barnes

I moved into midfield because I ruptured my Achilles tendon and couldn't run anymore - it's not what I wanted to do,…

— John Barnes

Policing language and even legislating against certain behaviours will only go so far to address the pervasive problem of racial bias. To…

— John Barnes

We all have preconceptions of people based on what we have been told about them and their race and ethnicity.

— John Barnes

Why should racism go away when we are not tackling it in the right way? We are influenced by what we see…

— John Barnes

Very much like a disease, we have to tackle the cause of racism, not the symptoms.

— John Barnes

For most footballers, they just have to give their all for 90 minutes two times a week, and apart from a few…

— John Barnes

“I would take it as a personal favor if you would use the term Ambient Temperature Risen American.” “Ha, ha, ha.” He…

— John Barnes

Useless people are not improved by giving them the impression that they are useful.

— John Barnes

I think the only thing you should be judged on is your performance in whatever field you happen to be in.

— John Barnes

As much as footballers want to talk about how terrible it is for them, look at what's happening in the black community…

— John Barnes

In the 1970s people were afraid to call me black because they thought it was an insult. They would say 'coloured.' Now…

— John Barnes

“Newt Gingrich, Reagan reflected, had never in his life fit properly into a suit. He still looked like the fat, despised, teacher’s-pet,…

— John Barnes

“A song is not a tool for changing a human heart in the way that a wrench is a tool for changing…

— John Barnes

“In the light of the crappy little lamp, all I was looking at was a frizzy mop of blonde hair and a…

— John Barnes

I come from a very political and military family.

— John Barnes

I think Liverpool, when Coutinho left, they were a much better team.

— John Barnes

If Glenn Hoddle had been any other nationality, he would have had 70 or 80 caps for England.

— John Barnes

We have to deconstruct the idea of racial superiority. We have had it for hundreds of years so it is not going…

— John Barnes