Quotes from Jemele Hill

For some reason, when Colin Kaepernick took a knee, people remained undecided about the side of history that he was on - which was clearly short-sighted on their part, because he was always right. Because there was no public momentum or approval behind what he did, people found it easier to say things like 'stick to sports.'

Can I just say that PBR is one of the most underrated beers of all time? And good God it's cheap.

Most college athletes are obsessed with getting to the pros, and many of them have proved they will do anything to get there, even if it's something unethical.

My love of sports and my love of journalism coincided. One fed the other.

If the lead line in my obituary is 'She once tweeted that the president is a white supremacist,' I will see my life as a professional disappointment.

Yes, I discuss race openly, honestly and, hopefully, intelligently.

Black men constantly receive the message that they can't make it in life through using legitimate means, and the only way they gain society's respect is through the street game.

When I was at The Orlando Sentinel as a sports columnist, it was embarrassing that I was the only black female sports columnist at a daily newspaper in North America.

A lot of women will tell you, especially if they're ambitious, driven, successful, that it is hard to find men who are secure. There's a lot of insecure dudes out here.

A studio gangster dupes people into believing he's a tough guy, but in reality he's the former student body president and member of the National Honor Society. Once Vanilla Ice was fingered as a studio gangster, his career was over. Thank God.

SportsCenter' is the legacy brand at ESPN, I had a great year doing the show. But it was not a fit for me because ultimately I had a lot of things that I really wanted to say and wanted to express, and the 'SportsCenter' vehicle is not necessarily set up for that.

Black people, too, are capable of being culturally arrogant.

Although study after study shows black men are more likely to be victims of crime, rarely do they receive victim treatment. When black athletes are crime victims, the undertone seems to be they somehow were at fault.

Personally, I love athletes on Twitter. I think it gives them an opportunity to engage and show some of their personality.

When a country doesn't respect Black lives, maybe it doesn't deserve to be entertained by Black athletes.

I don't stick up for Al Sharpton often because I consider him an agitator, but Sharpton's views on 'gangsta' rap have been consistent and clear.

While America is generally a violent place, no culture in this country glorifies violence more than the African-American community. And consequently, no other racial group is as disproportionately affected by it.

It's very easy on social media to manipulate people's emotions, to manipulate their belief systems.