Stedman Graham Quotes & Sayings

“Most people are defined by their titles, their cars, their house, where they came from, their color, their race, their religion. And so it's up to you to take control of your own life and define you. As long as you understand who you are and you have a solid foundation of understanding what your talents are, what your skills are.”

“Understand who you are, so that you can be the same, whether you're talking to a homeless person or the president of the United States. You're the same person.”

“If you did the same thing you did yesterday as you did today as you will do tomorrow, what have you done? The same thing.”

“Everybody has 24 hours and the question is, what do you do with your 24 hours? That's what makes everybody equal.”

“You know and we have about 60 to 70 percent black men in prison today and it's because of the negativity they have in their own hearts.”

“So while you're an athlete, and you have that platform, what you want to be able to do is make it work for you as much as possible, because there's going to be life after sports.”

“I'm a lucky guy. No question.”

“The idea of being able to serve as an example, based upon how to process, how to think, how to realize our own dreams, we can pass that down to our children.”

“I've worked in the prison system for five years, and most of those folks in prison didn't have a direction.”

“Freedom is about a way of thinking. Freedom is about understanding that you can do anything that you want and freedom is about being able to take information and education and make it relevant to your own growth every single day. Freedom is not staying in the box. Freedom is not doing what other people want you to do.”