British Quote by John Barnes

My father's from Jamaica.

— Masego

My family were from Jamaica.

— Diane Abbott

My mum came to Britain from Clarendon, in the south of Jamaica, to make a better life for her family.

— Lenny Henry

Dad was 23 and Mum 19 when they arrived in the U.K. from Barbados in the 1950s.

— Nigel Benn

I left Jamaica to come to England, but one place became another place. I lived in Tulse Hill, in Brixton and Coldharbour Lane.

— Dillian Whyte

I got family in the U.K. on my dad's side of the family. My grandfather's brother moved to the U.K. from Jamaica. It's a…

— Errol Spence Jr

My father is from the West Indies, the St. Thomas Virgin Islands.

— Stephen A. Smith

My family is Jamaican. We were just the slaves that were dropped off over there. And at the end of the day when you…

— Jodie Turner-Smith

I grew up until I was seven in Jamaica with my grandmother, who I still think of as the greatest person I have known…

— Linford Christie

I was actually born in deep rural Jamaica and came to Kingston as a high school girl.

— Portia Simpson-Miller

Daddy knew that Jamaica wasn't the safest place for him, but my parents were very strict about our schooling and they didn't want to…

— Cedella Marley

I grew up in Kingston, Jamaica, as the youngest of four children and the only girl. My father died when I was only a…

— Ann-Marie Campbell