"Success is not only for the elite. Success is there for those who want it, plan for it, and take action to achieve it."
"Money has changed today's black athletes. Those who have the ability as African men to bring a change in a community that so desperately needs it are concentrating only on their own careers, some charities and how much money they can make."
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Source: Jim Brown: What I've Learned. Interview with Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. August 2, 2008.
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