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
They made it possible for me to open up the ARCC on time, and I bet they make it possible for us to open the stadium on time for the football and soccer teams.
I had a choice to be lazy or lean - if I hadn't changed, thing probably would catch up with me.
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.
If you truly believe something, and it's incorrect, that doesn't mean you don't have integrity.
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.
I'd rather play lacrosse six days a week and football on the seventh.
When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education.
The social issues outside of football are not as defined as they were earlier, when integration took place and certain rights were legislated. The Civil Rights movement is over. Individuals can buy homes wherever they want, travel first class wherever they want, eat wherever they want.
I don't teach kids to be number 1. Organizations and people that tell you you have to be number 1; that's not it. You don't have to be number 1. What I teach is to be as good as you can be. Use what you have and be as good as you can be. That's all you can do, anyway.
Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts.
We went from third to eighth or ninth real quick.