Quotes by Jim Brown

Success is not only for the elite. Success is there for those who want it, plan for it, and take action to achieve it.

We have to go back to the memories of 9-11. If that memory doesn't do anything to you as an American, then you're not really that sensitive a human being.

I just walk funny.

When you think of the sacrifices our firefighters make, think about the service of soldiers in foreign lands and listen to their lives, you have to be careful that whatever you do, don't cast a shadow on what these great people do.

I'm an American citizen. I pay my taxes. I want my equal rights. But this is my country, and consequently, I don't want to open up for ISIS or for anybody that will take away what we've already gained.

Teammates are there for each other even after the noise of the crowd is gone.

Donald Trump was very receptive. Funny. Cracked some jokes. And understand it very well. And said he was in that he would work with us.

When you need a friend, you can always count on your teammates.

We have free elections. Everybody can vote, we fought for that, we brag about that and we know we're going to have a winner and we're going to have a loser.

I'd rather play lacrosse six days a week and football on the seventh.

I could run 200 yards at a stretch, I could duck between players, I felt free to make plays that suited me best. It wasn't like football then and basketball today, where coaches tell you what foot to put down.

Lacrosse is probably the best sport I ever played.

I could fully express myself in lacrosse.

Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts.

The NCAA is probably the most reprehensible organization God ever created.

You could be the best team or the best player in different generations and people respect each other. Nobody cares who was the best.

The bikes have been sitting around, but now were getting them out and using them.

Ya know, America's a great country. It's great because it allows you to fight. And you can win, if you have the stamina and tenacity.

There were a lot of running backs as good as me. The real difference was that I could focus. I never laid back and relied on natural ability.

There was no publicity. You had to like it. There was no pressure, just great competition. The attitude of the coaches and players was exceptional.

Act your age. Students do not look upon you as a buddy, pal, or peer. They expect you to be a mature adult....Many young teachers have a tendency to seek popularity, resorting to tactics that can create endless problems.

You can't get old without living.

My point is, if we respect the winner and approach that person, have access to that person and that person will look at what we are presenting, that is not too bad.

Young men in my day really stepped up... These were champions for freedom, equality, and justice for all human beings, and they were educated individuals that used their education and knowledge to represent their case.

I learned a long time ago that advice is a quick trip to nowhere. It's the commitment that only you can make in yourself, the responsibility to assume control of yourself.

I look for good people and people that will be like-minded and help me try to do good for other human beings.

When I come out of the box, I don't come out of the box as racial.

The three greatest people in my life were white, OK. My high school coach, my high school superintendent and my mentor in Manhasset, Long Island.

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.

Twenty-seven years incarcerated, his jailer became his best friend. So if you need an example on how we should act and how we should be, then Nelson Mandela is the man to follow.

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.

Education, family, character, intelligence, humility, okay? These are the things that make a culture live.

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.

Richard Sherman is a creation of the media and a bright young man who has learned how to capitalize on everything, and sometimes at the expense of his other teammates.

Malcolm X was a man among men.

In anger-management training, they teach you never to hit a person -- hit an object. That's what they teach you.

I don't start fights, but sometimes I don't walk away from them. It hasn't happened in a long time, but it's happened, and I regret those times. I should have been more in control of myself, stronger, more adult.

In a perfect world, I don't think any man should slap anyone.

Young black men in this country have to understand that they have a responsibility. They cannot be the enemy in their own neighborhoods and usurp the effort of good people that are trying to make things work.

Capitalistic society teaches kids to be No. 1, but true self-esteem doesn't come from money. It doesn't come from winning the Super Bowl.

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.

The so-called incorrigibles were not the way people said they were. I found a lot of character in some of these people.

I was doing economic development for minorities. I was getting black folks to use their dollars to help each other.

Money is lonely anyway. When you got it, people always want it. You don't want to be used; sometimes you don't know where a cat is comin' from.

If you're an old cat around young girls, you got to have somethin' to bring to the table.

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.

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.

The power is between your ears.The power is in your heart.

I think of my life as a journey, and I'm still on it.

God ain't got nothing to do with winning a damn football game.

I gave away most of my trophies, put away the plaques.

You cannot get me to be disloyal to a friend. You just can't do it. Loyalty is a part of what I live by. I didn't say I was going to be loyal to my friend because he was right. I'm going to be loyal to my friend because he's my friend.

I prefer girls who are young.

You can do a hell of a film if you can understand what it is to be a man in America.

The story of Jackie Robinson is also the story of Branch Rickey. He had many reasons for doing what he did, but he stood up against his own people.

The funny thing about cinema is, usually when they do a story that has African Americans in it, there always has to be a white guy who's the savior.

Ben Schwartzwalder was a decent guy, but he was from another era. He was like a Marine, with a real army attitude. He thought there was only one way to play football, and that was the rough way.

Ultimately, if you look at the game and there are two minutes left, and you have to ensure your victory, you don't want to throw the damn football. You want a runner who can run the clock out.

Nobody is going to tell me Marshawn Lynch can't run. He's strong as an ox.

Adrian Peterson isn't running by committee.

I don't want football to not be played, but I would like the sophistication brought forth to take care of those who need to be taken care of and to take the precaution, at the sacrifice of winning, to take care of people.

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.

It doesn't take science to know that when you have head-to-head collisions, there's going to be some effect.

Ultimately, a running back has to get rid of tacklers without his blockers being a part of it.

I'm stuck with being No. 32 for the Cleveland Browns. I can't do anything about that, and I don't' want to do anything about it.

I would love to have a role with the Browns. I think that's what every ex-player would like to do most of all: to be a contributor to the success of an organization that he was a player that brought a certain amount of success.

I am forever a Cleveland Brown.

When I think of greatness, I think of guys like Earl Campbell and Gale Sayers and Walter Payton, and these individuals who, it's unanimous they're going to make a difference -- when they're coming out of college, there's no doubt.

Baltimore has proven themselves on the football field. We can't take that away.

I played basketball, and I loved it. But I never thought of it seriously as being a professional.

There's a trend toward anti-heroes now, and I think it goes back to guys like Bogart and Cagney. They seemed to have no compassion, and they were always alone.

A liberal will cut off your leg so he can hand you a crutch.

The NFL pension is the worst in the world of business. It's an embarrassment.

It's too bad about 'Dark of the Sun.' It was really about Tshombe. When I read the script, I thought it was going to be a political movie, and I thought we might even have a hassle. But the director simplified it to brutality and bad taste.

When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education.

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 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.

I loved the game. We played because we loved it.

I want the violence among young people in this country to stop -- particularly gang violence.

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.

I was just a big guy running down with a big, deep pocket and little short stick putting it against my chest.

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

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.

The truth is that politicians are basically tied to trying to get reelected, so they can't really make landmark changes.

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.

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.

Everybody does good things, but I'm talking about making major changes in the educational system that would impact an entire race. I'm talking about stopping these young gang members from killing one another. I'm talking about keeping prisons from overflowing.

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.

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

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.