It is very discouraging to be in a team with white athletes. On the track you are Tommie Smith, the fastest man in the world, but once you are in the dressing rooms you are nothing more than a dirty Negro.

America's a great country - you better believe it's a great country, one of the greatest on this planet - but even the greatest needs to pay attention. I wish the powerful sources that run this country could understand that.

I don't think it's necessary to go to any game to make a stand just because you are there. The stand is made from the heart, and you can do that in the grocery store.

I would not educate Donald trump. He is a very educated man.

If I do something good then I am American, but if I do something bad then I am a Negro!

I didn't know about this. But I want to say, 'I'm sorry.' All I can say is I will forever be sorry. I ask that your family forgive my family.

In those days reputation was a big thing. If you could win a game before you went out, win it. That could mean winning it in the papers by saying certain things or by not saying certain things. You got very crafty at the game.

I had no regrets, I have no regrets, I will never have any regrets. We were there to stand up for human rights and to stand up for black Americans. We wanted to make them better in the United States.

I had to get myself in the world's eye to make my statement.

I knew nothing about the people who ran the game in those days.