Larry Bird Quotes

I think sports is one of the places where race plays itself out publicly. Although we pretend it doesn't.

If only Al Sharpton were around, Lincoln would have known he was a victim of racism.

I am astonished at the strong feeling of dislike and contempt—I might almost say hatred—which the bulk of the whites have for their black neighbours.

I had no expectations of white people at all.

I cannot face my God much longer knowing that his black creatures are held separate and distinct from his white creatures in the game that has given me all that I can call my own.

Racial inequality is a big problem.

The young Obama's lack of playing time on the high school basketball team was due more to his ability than the coach's preference for white players.

I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold that against me.

Southern white people despise the Negro as a race, and will do nothing to aid in his elevation as such; but for certain individuals they have a strong affection, and are helpful to them in many ways.

I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise.

I'm the whitest guy you will ever meet. The first time I saw an African-American, my dad had to tell me to stop staring.

Some people in this nation believe that race is a significant factor in the constant attacks against President Obama. Others believe that these attacks reflect only the normal level of criticism aimed at the occupant of the White House.

Listen, we've got one little ol' black president, and white folks are upset, but they've had 43.

This whole notion of a post racial America was nonsense from the very beginning. It was a bad idea, a bad notion, a bad formulation when it was first raised.

Black players had an issue with Joe Torre. They weren't treated like everybody else. Even I got called out in a couple of meetings that I thought was unfair.

The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies.

I have always abhorred the word 'racism.' I never use it.

In spite of what some people claim, we are not in a post-racial era. I think it's still an important issue to bring up.

South African ministers are anxious to deal out fair treatment, but are hampered by public opinion…and a degree of racial prejudice of which they themselves, as individuals, are largely free.

We're not so much anti-black as we are pro-white.

The force of prejudice against marriage between black and white was such that no one would dare to brave it. It is not the legal penalty which is feared but a condemnation a thousand times more terrible.

What right do white racist, who believe their race is superior, have for complaining about black racists, who see something special in their own race? What right do black racists, who see a special character in their race, have for complaining about white racists?

I do not know many Negroes who are eager to be “accepted” by white people, still less to be loved by them; they, the blacks, simply don’t wish to be beaten over the head by the whites every instant of our brief passage on the planet.

Some people resented the fact I was trying to break a white man's record.