Quotes About Race

The most beautiful women in the world were African.

But yet I don't think I should be labeled just a black quarterback, because it's bigger things in this sport that need to be accomplished.

The 1979 Daytona 500 was awesome. It was almost like the first race that Ken Squier ever did. And so he was sort of introducing himself as well as the sport.

I look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks, which is why I push my crews so hard so we can excel.

A political race today, even a primary, is $150 million. The whole political system has become obscene in terms of the absurd amount of money that is required to compete. Just put it on ESPN and call it a sporting event.

If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monotone on a prize fight, football game or pennant race.

I think sports is one of the places where race plays itself out publicly. Although we pretend it doesn't.

The perception of linked fate and that feeling of being always on the spot as a representative of the race, at least in mixed company, are features of African American life that predate affirmative action and arise outside of its presence.

Mr. Clooney has directed six movies; five are set in the middle of the previous century. And 'Suburbicon' clarifies why. Race is a blind spot.

Nothing is given in the Premier League, and it is tough for spots.

It don't matter how many rallies or protests I go to. It don't matter how many songs I make spreading positivity or sending a message. It don't matter how much time I spend within the community. It don't matter that I have a black wife. Being a white person in America, you represent being a benefactor of slavery of what this country was built on.

Me, if I'm in a long-distance race, I have speed. In the sprint, I don't have so much speed.

This sport is so tough so it's nice when you go run a sprint car and go win a race.

You can have a great car in the Sprint Cup Series and run 15th with it. It's super competitive. These guys are just really good.

When I signed for Spurs, I was the only black player in the team.

This is my experience on 'RuPaul's Drag Race:' three square meals a day, a challenge and put to bed by 9:30 P. M. Honey it doesn't get any better than that.

No, people don't heckle me. I think it's because there's this big, black guy on stage and it's slightly daunting.

I think there's a backlash against minorities in this country and that part of what caused that was the fact that a black man became president. And a certain portion of the privileged population think their privilege is at stake, and they want it back.

I envision Hollywood as a race, and some people simply drop off before their turn comes around. It's all about stamina - your ability to get back up and keep going even though everything is pointing at the odds not being in your favor.

It was the Cosby family on the cover, but overlaid on that, it appeared to be a shattered glass. So it really wasn't just about the shattering of the Huxtables: it was really a shattering of the black family. And it was a question about that and where do we stand on that.

When you stand up in the morning, you look in the mirror and say, 'I'm black.' No. You wake up and you see yourself as a human being in the world, but you raise discussion and raise aggression, the anger that you confront every day of your life, whether you want to or not.

When I first ran for governor... I had to stand up for segregation or be defeated, but I never insulted black people by calling them inferior.

There is certainly greatness in the '60s generation. They changed our attitudes about race in America, which was long overdue. They didn't just stand up and salute when told to go to war. Women finally began to realize a more equal place in our society.

I always felt that it was never the duty of a person to really stand up for their gender or their race or anything like that - I always felt that was a personal choice. But I do feel now that maybe my opinion is evolving or changing a little bit.