Jason Whitlock quotes
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“Having failed as an NFL commentator, Limbaugh understands the power of football.”
-- Jason WhitlockSource : "Keep Rush Limbaugh Out of the NFL". Fox Sports, October 13, 2009.
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“And here come the Left Brothers - Al "747" Sharpton and Jesse "DC 10" Jackson - barreling in for a landing on top of Goodell's dome. And this time every black person with an ounce of common sense and self-respect is riding shotgun with Jesse and Al, who have justifiably voiced their displeasure with Limbaugh's ownership bid.”
-- Jason WhitlockSource : "Keep Rush Limbaugh Out of the NFL". Fox Sports, October 13, 2009.
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“We have allowed our youths to buy into a culture (hip hop) that has been perverted, corrupted and overtaken by prison culture. The music, attitude and behavior expressed in this culture is anti-black, anti-education, demeaning, self-destructive, pro-drug dealing and violent.”
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“RG III a victim of his own swagger,”
-- Jason WhitlockSource : "Can Jason Whitlock Save ESPN's "Black Grantland" From Himself?". Interview with Greg Howard, deadspin.com. June 10, 2014.
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“Unchecked pride evolves into swagger, a hypnotizing mask of insecurity that can and does compromise our ability to make progress and attain power. Pride stands in the way of forgiveness and a strategic approach to navigating a chessboard rigged to prevent pawns from becoming kings and queens.”
-- Jason WhitlockSource : "LeBron's pride simply not important". abcnews.go.com. July 11, 2014.
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“And that the arming of so many black youths, uh, and loading up our community with drugs, and then just having an open shooting gallery, is the work of people who obviously don't have our best interests [at heart].”
-- Jason WhitlockSource : "Columnist Who Inspired Bob Costas Drops New Bomb: 'The NRA Is the New KKK'". Interview with Tim Graham, www.newsbusters.org. December 3, 2012.
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“Ensures that more and more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy, and that more convenience store confrontations over loud music coming from a car will leave more teenaged boys bloodied and dead. Handguns do not enhance our safety, they exacerbate our flaws. tempt us to escalate arguments, and bait us into embracing confrontation, rather than avoiding it.”
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“The only place where we're not segregated in mass is in sports. You go to a football stadium or a basketball arena, and all of America is there: the wealthy, the poor, the black, white, Latino, conservative, liberal, and we all talk about sports.”
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“I've been a solo act, a columnist and worked from home, only relying on myself. Now I'm part of a team, a leader, and I have to fit in at a big corporation and deal with all the moving parts, all the different personalities. That has been a challenge, to be quite honest, that I've embraced.”
-- Jason WhitlockSource : "Sunday Q&A: Jason Whitlock, on how there’s nothing watered down in the process of launching The Undefeated". Interview with Tom Hoffarth, www.insidesocal.com. May 30, 2015.
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“Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.”
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“My dad means a lot to me. He's the one who put a football in my hands.”
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“I run angry. Football allows me to take out some of my pain on the field.”
Source : "Adrian Peterson Credits His Parents' Tough Discipline for His Success" by Meghan Keneally, abcnews.go.com. September 15, 2014.
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“I think very highly of myself. I think I'm capable of a lot of things on the field.”
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“Yeah, I want to be liked, obviously. Everybody does.”
Source : "Milwaukee Talks: QB Aaron Rodgers, May 2008". Interview with Jason Wilde, onmilwaukee.com. May 23, 2008.
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“I'm not playing for anybody but the guys in this locker room.”
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“The pressure I put on myself is the only pressure I'm feeling once I get into the game.”
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