Lynn Swann Quotes

• 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

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• We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you?

  Lynn Swann

  Sports, African American

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• 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

  Sports, Years, Ballet

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• I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith.

  Lynn Swann

  Faith, Sports, Christian

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• Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics.

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  Sports, Education, Country

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• 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.

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  Sports, Jobs, Successful

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• Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.

  Lynn Swann

  Sports, Opportunity, Doors

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• Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best.

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  Sports, Player, Dollars

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• I was not a very good football player when I started out.

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  Football, Player, Very Good

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• 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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• 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.

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  Sports, Team, Player

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• When I was in college there was a girls' flag football league. The girls were extremely aggressive.

  Lynn Swann

  Girl, Football, College

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• Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.

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  Play, People, Embarrassment

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• Professional sports is a business.

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  Sports, Professional Sports

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• And historically the owners have used loyalty to a team or a city to hold players as opposed to always paying their worth.

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  Loyalty, Team, Player

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• I think that most minorities have experienced some form of racial abuse.

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  Thinking, Abuse, Minorities

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• I feel like there should be more black head coaches.

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  Sports, Black, Should

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• 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

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