Jim Brown
Jim Brown
James Nathaniel Brownis a former professional American football player and actor. He is best known for his record-setting nine-year career as a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football Leaguefrom 1957 through 1965. In 2002, he was named by Sporting News as the greatest professional football player ever...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth17 February 1936
CitySt. Simons, GA
CountryUnited States of America
I loved the game. We played because we loved it.
I could run 200 yards at a stretch, I could duck between players, I felt free to make plays that suited me best. It wasn't like football then and basketball today, where coaches tell you what foot to put down.
If you truly believe something, and it's incorrect, that doesn't mean you don't have integrity.
When you need a friend, you can always count on your teammates.
I'd rather play lacrosse six days a week and football on the seventh.
I came from Long Island, so I had a lot of experience at the stick. I played in junior high school, then I played in high school. The technical aspect of the game was my forte. I had all that experience, then I had strength and I was in good condition.
I'm not pro-owner or pro-player. I am pro-football. I want the game to go on. I want the game to be tough. I don't want the game to be a killer of our players.
I have a theory. An audience doesn't need to get wrapped up in blackness every time they see a Negro actor. And a movie doesn't have to be about race just because there's a Negro in it.
Even though the money is great and the fame is great, you still have a lot of disenfranchised young men that are participating in the NFL that are not very happy. A lot of them are very bitter. A lot them are very angry. So many of them have had no fathers and no home life, and basically, no education.
I could fully express myself in lacrosse.
I think the National Football League needs a new union. The heavyweights of this union are not heavyweights enough.
People think that coaches are always right, but it's difficult to teach a runner how to run, because every runner is different. You have to have an understanding of how to assist what that runner has, so they know how to assist what you have without taking away your special ability, because you're not like anybody else.
Nobody I ever broke bread with, and I see players all the time, talked about using their head running the football.
Act your age. Students do not look upon you as a buddy, pal, or peer. They expect you to be a mature adult....Many young teachers have a tendency to seek popularity, resorting to tactics that can create endless problems.