Lynn Swann Quotes


"Now, I'm not here because I was that good. I'm here because of the people around me made me that good."
- Lynn Swann
(Related: People, Now)

"Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed."
- Lynn Swann
(Related: People, Play)

"I feel like there should be more black head coaches."
- Lynn Swann
(Related: Coaches)

"I think that most minorities have experienced some form of racial abuse."
- Lynn Swann
(Related: Abuse)

"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
(Related: Dance, Control, Balance, Ballet, Body, Jazz, Sense, Years)

"I was not a very good football player when I started out."
- Lynn Swann
(Related: Football)

"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
(Related: Business, Play, Want)

"Professional sports is a business."
- Lynn Swann
(Related: Business, Sports)

"Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best."
- Lynn Swann
(Related: Money, Today)

"I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith."
- Lynn Swann
(Related: Faith, Responsibility, Today)

"Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed."
- Lynn Swann
(Related: Sports, Opportunity, African, Americans, Entertainment, Windows)

"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
(Related: Politics, Time, Art, Education, Science, African, Country, Literature)

"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
(Related: Successful, Ability, Being, Coaches, Job, Name)

"We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you?"
- Lynn Swann
(Related: African, Talk)

"When I was in college there was a girls' flag football league. The girls were extremely aggressive."
- Lynn Swann
(Related: College, Football, Girls)

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