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
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The need to be cared for is the base of everything. In the penitentiaries, you won't hear gangbangers and criminals say, 'No, I don't want to be cared for by nobody.' When you care about them, they'll open up to you.
I could fully express myself in lacrosse.
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.
I had a choice to be lazy or lean - if I hadn't changed, thing probably would catch up with me.
I was just a big guy running down with a big, deep pocket and little short stick putting it against my chest.
When I'm on a picture, I have two bosses - the director and the producer. My co-star is not my boss.
The NCAA is probably the most reprehensible organization God ever created,
The bikes have been sitting around, but now were getting them out and using them.
...you could be the best team or the best player in different generations and people respect each other. Nobody cares who was the best.
Nobody I ever broke bread with, and I see players all the time, talked about using their head running the football.
I think the National Football League needs a new union. The heavyweights of this union are not heavyweights enough.
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.
Tank's a fantastic human being, as far as fighting's concerned.