I’m not interested in trying to work on people’s perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don’t take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem. – Jim Brown
I came from Long Island, so I had a lot of experience at the stick. I played in junior high school, then I played in high school. The technical aspect of the game was my forte. I had all that experience, then I had strength and I was in good condition. – Jim Brown
If I couldn’t have discipline, if I sit up eatin’ fried chicken in bed at night, I’d just as soon be dead. I take care of myself. – Jim Brown
Education, family, character, intelligence, humility, okay? These are the things that make a culture live. – Jim Brown
Martin Luther King was a misguided leader. He worked to be recognized as the leader of black America when what black America needs isn’t a leader, it is education. – Jim Brown
The social issues outside of football are not as defined as they were earlier, when integration took place and certain rights were legislated. The Civil Rights movement is over. Individuals can buy homes wherever they want, travel first class wherever they want, eat wherever they want. – Jim Brown
I was doing economic development for minorities. I was getting black folks to use their dollars to help each other. – Jim Brown
I like tight bodies and pretty faces. You bring in Methuselah, if she’s got a tight body and a pretty face, that’s all right, too. – Jim Brown
When I’m on a picture, I have two bosses – the director and the producer. My co-star is not my boss. – Jim Brown
The so-called incorrigibles were not the way people said they were. I found a lot of character in some of these people. – Jim Brown
Nelson Mandela just died, so that says so much because it’s a tremendously powerful and great man who was very sensitive. Loved all people, forgave his enemies, and showed the world how to stand up and do it the right way. – Jim Brown
I know a lot of kids that if you don’t know how to deal with them, you lose them. They don’t come ready-made. – Jim Brown
The truth is that politicians are basically tied to trying to get reelected, so they can’t really make landmark changes. – Jim Brown
Boxing is a great example of it, but in football, sometimes you’re taking greater hits than boxers. When you have one man going full speed against another man, and those heads are colliding, it’s just the fact of science you’re going to have results. – Jim Brown
The essence of Ferguson is the spirit of the people, and I’m so happy to see the spirit because I haven’t seen it like that since the Civil Rights Movement. – Jim Brown
Money has changed today’s black athletes. Those who have the ability as African men to bring a change in a community that so desperately needs it are concentrating only on their own careers, some charities and how much money they can make. – Jim Brown
You have to put money in its proper perspective. The way it is positioned in the culture is like it is the most important thing. But something is missing. – Jim Brown
I’m a very sensitive person. I do like to be respected. I’m very loyal. I like it to be a two-way street. – Jim Brown
I don’t teach kids to be No. 1. Organizations and people that tell you you have to be No. 1; that’s not it. You don’t have to be No. 1. What I teach is to be as good as you can be. Use what you have and be as good as you can be. That’s all you can do, anyway. – Jim Brown
The Jewish culture has a wonderful thing about education. It has a great thing about family; it has a great thing about unity, hard work, dedication. I would like to say the African-American community should emulate that. – Jim Brown
One of the most fantastic experiences I ever had was as a decathlete. I finished fifth in the nation my senior year of high school. I had no training or nothing. – Jim Brown
There is no excuse for violence. There is never a justification for anyone to impose themselves on someone else. And it will always be incorrect when it comes to a man and a woman, regardless of what might have happened. You need to be man enough to take the blow. That is always the best way. Do not put your hands on a woman. – Jim Brown
