Quotes by Jim Brown

About Jim Brown:

James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown is an American former professional football player and actor. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine year career as a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 to 1965. In 2002, he was named by Sporting News as the greatest professional football player ever.
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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.

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 conditio...

Jim Brown

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

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

Even though the money is great and the fame is great, you still have a lot of disenfranchised young men that are participating in the NFL that are not very happy. A lot of them are very bitter. A lot them are very angry. So many of them have had no f...

Jim Brown

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

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

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...

Jim Brown

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 ov...

Jim Brown

It is up to God to take revenge. Only God can judge. I don't have to worry about getting even with anybody or taking out any kind of aggression on anybody. Doing that is a weakness, anyway.

Jim Brown

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 ...

Jim Brown

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

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

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

Jim Brown

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

Jim Brown

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

Jim Brown

The need to be cared for is the base of everything. In the penitentiaries, you won't hear gangbangers and criminals say, 'No, I don't want to be cared for by nobody.' When you care about them, they'll open up to you.

Jim Brown

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

Jim Brown

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.

Jim Brown

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

Jim Brown

Author Bio

  • NameJim Brown
  • DescriptionAmerican former professional football player and current special advisor to the Cleveland Browns
  • BornFebruary 17, 1936
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSpecial Adviser; Actor; Lacrosse Player; Gridiron Football Player