Lynn Swann famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

This being Black History Month, I would like to ask people to celebrate the similarities and not focus on the differences between people of color and not of color.
-- Lynn Swann

#Color #Differences #People
Distance running to a professional athlete in my day was five laps around the field. And you stopped each lap to take your pulse.
-- Lynn Swann

#Football #Running #Distance
I feel like there should be more black head coaches.
-- Lynn Swann

#Black #Should #Feels
Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best.
-- Lynn Swann

#Player #Dollars #Today
And historically the owners have used loyalty to a team or a city to hold players as opposed to always paying their worth.
-- Lynn Swann

#Loyalty #Team #Player
Professional sports is a business.
-- Lynn Swann

#Sports #Professional Sports
I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith.
-- Lynn Swann

#Faith #Christian #Believe
Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics.
-- Lynn Swann

#Country #Art #Impact
Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.
-- Lynn Swann

#Sports #Opportunity #Doors
If a player demonstrated that he is the best, and a team decides, even so, we don't want to pay him, as in any other business, he should be able to play elsewhere.
-- Lynn Swann

#Team #Player #Want
When I was in college there was a girls' flag football league. The girls were extremely aggressive.
-- Lynn Swann

#Girl #Football #College
Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.
-- Lynn Swann

#Play #People #Embarrassment
I took several years of dance lessons that included ballet, tap and jazz. They helped a great deal with body control, balance, a sense of rhythm, and timing.
-- Lynn Swann

#Years #Ballet #Balance
I think that most minorities have experienced some form of racial abuse.
-- Lynn Swann

#Thinking #Abuse #Minorities
Very often we see coaches who have not been successful being recycled, instead of looking to a new face or a new name who has demonstrated the ability to handle the job.
-- Lynn Swann

#Jobs #Successful #Names
I was not a very good football player when I started out.
-- Lynn Swann

#Football #Player #Very Good
We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you?
-- Lynn Swann

#African American
I enjoy playing the game. It's hard for me to just watch it, even while broadcasting.
-- Lynn Swann

#Sports #Games #Watches

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