Basketball Quote by Don Haskins

Black players had an issue with Joe Torre. They weren't treated like everybody else. Even I got called out in a couple of meetings…

— Gary Sheffield

Growing up in New Orleans, I was always the only black kid, or one of two, on the school soccer team. While I was…

— Clint Smith

I know most of the black players who preceded and followed me at Duke. They all contribute to our tradition of excellence on the…

— Grant Hill

No black person starts on MY team

— Tom Brady

There weren't many black players when I was growing up, and I remember playing and looking up to the ones that were playing.

— Jarome Iginla

I hope that more [African-Americans] decide to play after seeing the things that I was able to accomplish; not only myself, but other African-American…

— Dontrelle Willis

A Black man should be more independent and depend on himself for his freedom and not to take it for granted that someone would…

— Steven Biko

When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the…

— Ruud Gullit

I feel like black players have come a long way.

— Michail Antonio

I don't want to sit there and compare to things I've gone through to what the Black player, the African-American player, goes through.

— Ron Rivera

When I got to the NBA, that first Knicks group was pretty dysfunctional. But it was on me, too. I didn't understand the game…

— Channing Frye

I Hated Duke. I Felt Like They Only Recruited Black Players That Were Uncle Toms.

— Jalen Rose