“I am a racer. I'm not a race car driver. I am a racer. I race. That's what I do. I don't go on vacations. I don't take my family on vacations because I don't have a family. My family is the racing family.” RaceCarGoes OnMy FamilyDriversRacingVacationRace CarRacersRace Car Driver Author:Tony Stewart
“I came from a race of fishers; trout streams gurgled about the roots of my family tree.” RaceTreeRootsMy FamilyStreamsTrout Book:Locusts and Wild Honey Source: Locusts and Wild Honey
“Growing up as a black kid with a white father who loves you, who affirms you, who was part of your life is fundamentally different than what black people in my family were subjected to in the 19th century or the 18th century. But unfortunately, it doesn't change the old racial order. I think we need to let the old racial order just stay where it is and not seek to improve upon it. Not try to create more racial categories, because all that does is it makes a race stick around longer.” PeopleThinkingNeedsTryingDoeDifferentKidsLife IsOrderFatherBlackWhiteRaceGrowing UpGrowingCenturyLove YouMy FamilySticksCategoriesBlack People19th Century18th Century Author:Benjamin Jealous
“I always remind myself if I'm having a down day because of a bad race it's not just me. That feeling I'm having is shared by my family, the team and my fans. When we win they feel the joy as well. That's why I say we win and lose together, and I definitely couldn't do it without them.” IfsFeelsWellsFeelingsTogetherJoyWinningLosesRaceTeamFansMy FamilyWinning And Losing Author:Lewis Hamilton
“It was my 44th win [in Monaco]; 44 is my race number; and it's been my number since I was 8. And it's my family's number as well. So it was a special day, for sure.” WellsWinningNumbersRaceSpecialMy FamilyMonaco Author:Lewis Hamilton
“My father is a gypsy. He traveled in caravans and was branded by the Ku Klux Klan. You know I have a history about race in my family that has very much to do with the other things that you name about poverty, about class, about access - or lack of it.” KnowsFatherNamesRaceClassPovertyMy FamilyAccessTraveledGypsyKu Klux KlanBrandedCaravans Author:Amber Hollibaugh
“From very early on in my childhood - four, five years old - I felt alien to the human race. I felt very comfortable with thinking I was from another planet, because I felt disconnected - I was very tall and skinny, and I didn't look like anybody else, I didn't even look like any member of my family.” ThinkingYearsHumansLooksFeltRaceFiveFourChildhoodPlanetsMembersComfortableMy FamilyAliensHuman RaceFive YearsTallSkinnyDisconnectedFive Year Olds Author:Patti Smith
“My sense of humor will always stand in the way of my seeing myself, my family, my race or my nation as the whole intent of the universe.” WayWholeUniverseNationsRaceSeeingMy FamilySense Of Humor Author:Zora Neale Hurston
“Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures.” CultureRaceIssuesBasketballMy FamilyPotMeltingMelting Pot Author:Bob Cousy