Brownie McGhee Quotes

We stand on the shoulders of giants - and that's something we can never forget.

It was like an honor thing for me to meet 50 cause I respected his whole story.

When I look back, some of the greatest people in the history of the world have created things where paths have never been with such resiliency.

I hope that I am winning a way which others will keep open.

It's an honor when someone writes for you. That means they can hear your voice in their head.

I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.

When people say to me, 'You make us proud,' it's heartwarming to hear that.

I have enormous respect for Steve Johnson, and as I've told him, Feed was one of the inspirations for Salon. They were up there before we were. And also for Joey and the Suck people.

A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.

I want to make him the proudest dad to have me and I want to show everybody and nearly be as good as him because he was the best.

I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game.

The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs.

Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.

My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'

How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achievements of those who have preceded me, but also of the living presence of many of my masters and teachers.

My mom was a '70s mom. She paved a road that no one had yet walked.

When I was a little boy, Marvin Hagler was my idol. He got no respect for most of his career. His fighting style was straight ahead. He took every shot thrown at him, and he kept punching back 'til he won. I honestly feel that's how I am. I take big shots from people. But I keep going.

To me, Arnold was a pioneer in the spirit of Thomas Edison or Benjamin Franklin, while Tiger is a pioneer in the spirit of Bill Gates.

What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?

I always see other people as predecessors and admire them.

And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything.

Buckminster Fuller was one of those world historic geniuses who reminded us of the extraordinary things that are possible, and inspires all of us to set about doing them!

Anything that is worth struggling for is worth singing for.

To be mentioned in the same breath as people I admire means everything to me.