“It stands for diversity. It stands for vision and strength. It stands for belief in the right things. That's what I think it stands for.” ThinkingBeliefVisionDiversityRight Thing Author:John Carlos
“Becoming involved in sports and traveling the world and seeing how people of color were treated around the world, and America being such a great nation, probably the greatest nation in the world, I think that the thing that would destroy this nation more than anything is the inequality that we have amongst people of color.” PeopleThinkingWorldAmericaNationsSportsSeeingColorBecomingInvolvedTreatedInequalityAround The WorldGreat NationsBecoming Involved Author:John Carlos
“I think the Olympic Games have been married to political statements. If I go back to Berlin in 1936, it was very politically orientated then, just with the Nazis.” IfsThinkingHas BeensPoliticalGamesMarriedStatementsNaziBerlinOlympic Games Author:John Carlos
“It was like when we went to Mexico City [Olympics in 1968] it was sun and shining and bright. When we came home it was chaotic and storms everywhere. I think the most devastating thing was to make the adjustment as to why so many individuals that you grew up with in the sport thought it necessary to turn their backs and walk away from you.” ThinkingHomeTurnsIndividualSportsWalksCitiesSunGrewGrew UpShiningStormMexicoOlympicsAdjustmentChaoticAway From YouMexico City Author:John Carlos
“It took some time for us to realize that [people] didn't particularly say they didn't like us or have the love for us that they had in the past, nor the respect. I think they chose to leave based on the fact that they felt a reprisal for being associated or having a friendship with John Carlos or Tommie Smith, or Peter Norman, for that matter.” PeopleThinkingMatterFactsPastFeltRealizingPeterReprisal Author:John Carlos
“He took a stance as a man, and the greatest thing about Peter Norman is when you sit back and think about Tommie Smith and John Carlos here in America, they could go beat up on Tommie Smith and get tired of beating up on him and go to the other side of town and find John Carlos and beat up on him, but when Peter Norman left and went to Australia, there was no switch-off on Peter.” ThinkingMenAmericaLeftSidesBeatsTownsTiredAustraliaPeterStance Author:John Carlos
“I think it's something that we said collectively, in terms of the fact that we was getting ready to face probably the biggest storms of our life, and we had to stand strong for what we believe in and carry on the legacy we just laid down for society.” ThinkingBelieveSaidFactsFacesStrongTermOur LivesReadyStormLegacyStand Strong Author:John Carlos
“I think Peter Norman recuperated in the sense that people who knew who Peter Norman was, he built his character around the legacy of his family, in terms of what they taught him about equality and justice for all.” PeopleThinkingCharacterTermJusticeTaughtBuiltLegacyPeterEquality And JusticeJustice For All Author:John Carlos
“I think society had to grow up to the mentality of Peter Norman.” ThinkingGrowsGrowing UpPeterMentality Author:John Carlos
“It's many things that she had to deal with, and she got to the point where [my wife] didn't know what to believe anymore and she just didn't care to live her life anymore. I think it was devastating at that particular time, and it's even more devastating today as we grow older.” ThinkingKnowsBelieveCareTodayGrowsDealsWifeParticularMy Wife Author:John Carlos
