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I set my standards so high, no one could be harsher on me than I was.
Jim Brown
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Jim Brown
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: February 17
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Basketball Player
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James Nathaniel Brown
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Lacrosse is probably the best sport I ever played.
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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.
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Teammates are there for each other even after the noise of the crowd is gone.
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Ya know, America's a great country. It's great because it allows you to fight. And you can win, if you have the stamina and tenacity.
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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.
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There were a lot of running backs as good as me. The real difference was that I could focus. I never laid back and relied on natural ability.
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The NCAA is probably the most reprehensible organization God ever created.
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When you need a friend, you can always count on your teammates.
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I'm a very sensitive person. I do like to be respected. I'm very loyal. I like it to be a two-way street.
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I'd rather play lacrosse six days a week and football on the seventh.
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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.
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...you could be the best team or the best player in different generations and people respect each other. Nobody cares who was the best.
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Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts.
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The three greatest people in my life as a young person were white, my high school superintendent, my high school coach and a - I graduate in Manhasset High, Kenneth Molloy who's a mentor to yours truly.I'm not a person that really deal in color.
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When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education.
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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.
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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.
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If you truly believe something, and it's incorrect, that doesn't mean you don't have integrity.
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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.
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