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
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 was just a big guy running down with a big, deep pocket and little short stick putting it against my chest.Jim Brown
Nobody I ever broke bread with, and I see players all the time, talked about using their head running the football.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 fathers and no home life, and basically, no education.Jim Brown
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.Jim Brown
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.Jim Brown
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.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
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
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
When I'm on a picture, I have two bosses - the director and the producer. My co-star is not my boss. Jim Brown
If you truly believe something, and it's incorrect, that doesn't mean you don't have integrity.Jim Brown
I think the National Football League needs a new union. The heavyweights of this union are not heavyweights enough.Jim Brown
The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear.Kobe Bryant
The people who truly know me know what I'm like. There have been people who try to say things that aren't fair, and I check them. And then they don't like me because I checked them.Kobe Bryant
Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing.Kobe Bryant