Black Quote by John Carlos

Not all the Greek runners in the original Olympics were totally naked. Some wore shoes.

— Mark Twain

We had to take off our shoes after school to save wear on the soles.

— Alex Spanos

“ Free Shoes The pairs of shoes stand in rows, polished and jet, like coffins for small pets, lined with off-white. Evacuated children sit…

— Sharon Olds

I had only one pair of white shoes with a very high heel, and they were terrible. They got terribly dirty, because I had…

— Anna Karina

The first time I ever wore a shoe was in 1955 during the trials for the Melbourne Olympics.

— Milkha Singh

We didn't have shoes until we came over to America.

— Bruno Sammartino

There is a growing subculture of barefoot runners, people who got rid of their shoes. And what they have found uniformly is you get…

— Christopher McDougall

When someone can't afford to wear shoes, it's not just about them not having shoes on that day. It's about a cycle of poverty…

— Michael Franti

When I was growing up in North Carolina, we didn't wear our shoes in the summertime because we were trying to save them. By…

— Vernon Jones

“She wore heavy sandals, with socks. No kid in the entire state of Mississippi wore black socks in the summer. Shoot, if I wasn't…

— Augusta Scattergood

Let's start with the black glove. We felt it necessary being the fact that the Olympic Games, for the first time ever [in 1968],…

— John Carlos

There was a time when only athletes had sneakers. Entertainers having sneakers, on any level, is a blessing.

— Cam'ron