William C. Rhoden quotes

“A lot of enslaved people actually made money, but they had no power.”
-- William C. Rhoden

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“The reports of racial episodes are disturbing. But the players' protest is exhilarating because it is the most high-profile example to date in a continuing revolution in which the athletes who drive the multibillion-dollar college sports machine have begun to use their visibility to demand change.”
-- William C. Rhoden

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“College football is no more of a minor league than, say, the universities' schools of journalism, engineering or music are. We can argue at another time whether football should occupy the same space on campus as those disciplines, but for now, it does. The critical point is that a coach is less concerned with preparing athletes for the next level than he is with molding them to fit a system that helps him win games, keep his job and, eventually, move on to a position with a more prestigious program.”
-- William C. Rhoden

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“Baseball is not like football, basketball where a momentum is something made. You don't really have that kind of momentum in baseball.”
-- William C. Rhoden

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“Often we want people to pray for us and help us, but we always defeat our object when we look too much to them and lean upon them. The true secret of union is for both to look upon God, and in the act of looking past themselves to Him they are unconsciously united.”

“Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.”

“Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.”

“People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.”

“Decisions are made by those who show up.”

Source : Aaron Sorkin (2002). “The West Wing”

“He wasn't what sent me running. He was what had made me want to stay.”

“You tempt me. I can’t be tempted. I’m not made to be tempted.”

“'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.”

“If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow.”

Source : Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Lucia, Lucia: A Novel”, p.64, Random House

“False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is never on the news.”