Jim Brown Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Nobody I ever broke bread with, and I see players all the time, talked about using their head running the football.”

“What I want to do is play roles as a black man, instead of playing black man's roles. You know?”

“When I'm on a picture, I have two bosses - the director and the producer. My co-star is not my boss.”

“If you truly believe something, and it's incorrect, that doesn't mean you don't have integrity.”

“I have a theory. An audience doesn't need to get wrapped up in blackness every time they see a Negro actor. And a movie doesn't have to be about race just because there's a Negro in it.”

“People think that coaches are always right, but it's difficult to teach a runner how to run, because every runner is different. You have to have an understanding of how to assist what that runner has, so they know how to assist what you have without taking away your special ability, because you're not like anybody else.”

“When Kennedy could not get the civil rights bill passed - and he was the big liberal - Lyndon Johnson came in and it got passed, and he was the conservative and the southerner. So sometimes in politics, to get something done, it takes a special kind of knowledge and a special kind of person, but it doesn't always follow the party lines.”

“When you go out on a football field, you are responsible for taking care of yourself. The more rules you get, the less players truly take care of themselves.”

“I run a program called Amer-I-Can. We've taught in prisons, schools, juvenile facilities and we teach in the community. We have the greatest record from the standpoint of dealing with grade point averages, disciplinary action and attendance in schools.”

“I'm not pro-owner or pro-player. I am pro-football. I want the game to go on. I want the game to be tough. I don't want the game to be a killer of our players.”