Only Quote by Charles Barkley

I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories…

— Arthur Ashe

Black boys shouldn't have to feel that being good at sports is the only way to be cool - or to be valued by…

— Martellus Bennett

Black athletes are always under more scrutiny.

— Edwin Moses

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

Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf.

— Jesse Jackson

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

There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.

— J. C. Watts

Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.

— Benjamin Carson

Music and football are two industries where black people excel, because talent is undeniable. You can't deny an amazing voice. You can't deny amazing…

— Santan Dave

For many young people growing up in minority communities, there is a sense that their lives are disposable. As athletes, we have a platform…

— Jason Collins

There's a long history and a pattern of Black athletes - and Black people, period - being told to shut up and accept whatever…

— Jemele Hill

Black fathers are often disappointed if their sons aren't good at sports. Not excelling at sports as a black boy meant not being cool…

— Martellus Bennett