Being Quote by Martellus Bennett

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 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

So many black kids aspire to be entertainers or professional athletes because those are the only role models they see that look like them.…

— Troy Carter

I want to be a great role model to let the kids, especially black kids, that it's possible to make it in this sport.…

— Mookie Betts

“When young Black boys learn that there are no limits to our possibilities on the basketball courts, we create the athletic genius of Michael…

— Na'im Akbar

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

Anything that's outside the standard of the average black male is looked down upon. For me, I wasn't raised playing sports. I was artistic,…

— Ashton Sanders

I'm a white guy in a black sport. I really forget about it until someone asks me about it. I'm simply competing in a…

— Tommy Morrison

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

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

Playing sports is great when you're young. It teaches you how to focus, how to direct your energy, how not to think about a…

— Elsa Hosk

I'm way too old to change sports now. Sportsmen start so young - some of the ski jumpers we were talking to, they were…

— Martin Truex Jr