Lynn Swann Quotes

#1. I enjoy playing the game. It's hard for me to just watch it, even while broadcasting.

Lynn Swann

#2. This being Black History Month, I would like to ask people to celebrate the similarities and not focus on the differences between people of color and not of color.

Lynn Swann

#3. 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

#4. Professional sports is a business.

Lynn Swann

#5. Distance running to a professional athlete in my day was five laps around the field. And you stopped each lap to take your pulse.

Lynn Swann

#6. 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

#7. 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

#8. 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

#9. Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.

Lynn Swann

#10. Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.

Lynn Swann

#11. We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you?

Lynn Swann

#12. Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best.

Lynn Swann

#13. And historically the owners have used loyalty to a team or a city to hold players as opposed to always paying their worth.

Lynn Swann

#14. When I was in college there was a girls' flag football league. The girls were extremely aggressive.

Lynn Swann

#15. I think that most minorities have experienced some form of racial abuse.

Lynn Swann

#16. I feel like there should be more black head coaches.

Lynn Swann

#17. 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

#18. I was not a very good football player when I started out.

Lynn Swann

#19. I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith.

Lynn Swann