I had a choice to be lazy or lean - if I hadn't changed, thing probably would catch up with me.
Jim BrownNobody I ever broke bread with, and I see players all the time, talked about using their head running the football.
Jim BrownI don't teach kids to be number 1. Organizations and people that tell you you have to be number 1; that's not it. You don't have to be number 1. What I teach is to be as good as you can be. Use what you have and be as good as you can be. That's all you can do, anyway.
Jim BrownEven though the money is great and the fame is great, you still have a lot of disenfranchised young men that are participating in the NFL that are not very happy. A lot of them are very bitter. A lot them are very angry. So many of them have had no fathers and no home life, and basically, no education.
Jim Brown