Athlete Quote by O. J. Simpson

There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.

— John Major

My 'Black Panther' run really wasn't about Black Panther. It was about Ross. It was about exploding myths about black superheroes, black characters, and…

— Christopher Priest

Trayvon Martin was the product of a broken home. He was also a victim of the corrupt civil-right leaders who peddle racism infecting the…

— Jesse Lee Peterson

I grew up black in segregated America, where it was hard to find an open door. It's harder now for young blacks to find…

— Shelby Steele

Unless young blacks are brought into the mainstream of economic life, they will continue to be on the curbstone.

— Walter Annenberg

There is no shame in black athletes not wanting to be role models, but there should be shame when they don't behave like one.…

— LZ Granderson

The actual act of sitting out doesn't directly fight systemic racism. But it does highlight the reality that without black athletes, the NBA wouldn't…

— Avery Bradley

It was the Michael Jordan/Nike phenomenon that really let people see that athletes were OK, and black athletes were OK. Defying a previous wisdom…

— David Stern

I'm very proud of the fact that we dispelled the myth about black athletes not being able to survive in Green Bay.

— Mike Holmgren

Many of the greatest black athletes of all time played baseball for no money and no recognition. I'm just sorry many major league fans…

— Monte Irvin

I still think that there's some kind of psychological investment in black athletes carrying the flag for "us" at times. So, sports [remains a]…

— George Elliott Clarke

Although study after study shows black men are more likely to be victims of crime, rarely do they receive victim treatment. When black athletes…

— Jemele Hill

O.J. Simpson was primarily interested in O.J. His rise to fame in the late '60s coincided with the period where black athletes were more…

— Ezra Edelman

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'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic, so maybe…

— Serena Williams