“Joe Louis and I were the first modern national sports figures who were black... But neither of us could do national advertising because the South wouldn't buy it. That was the social stigma we lived under.” FirstsSocialSportsBlackModernFiguresSouthAdvertisingStigma Author:Jesse Owens
“The modern athlete is an individual corporation. I'm not quite sure it's very good for sport, or good for team work, or those different things that sport says it's about. This is about business.” DifferentIndividualSportsTeamModernVery GoodAthleteCorporationsDifferent ThingsTeam Work Author:LeBron James
“I have to keep myself in check when I go to the kids' sports events. I sit waaay in the back. I make sure I don't do too much cheering, you know what I mean? I'm still not quite adjusted to this modern school of thought: Oh, it doesn't matter who wins. I'm not all the way there yet, but I accept it from the back row.” KnowsWayMeanStillsMatterKidsSchoolWinningSportsAcceptingToo MuchModernEventsChecksCheer Author:Jack Nicholson
“Being a soldier [in the wars of modern power politics] was like being on a team in a sport that drew no crowds, except for the players' own parents and friends.” WarSportsParentPlayerTeamModernSoldierCrowdsPower Politics Author:Dan Wakefield