#you

When you say that you are a race man, it means that you embrace the entire black community regardless of the hue, whether somebody is very light and could pass for possibly white or someone is very dark. ↗

— Ed Smith

#black community #community #could #dark #embrace

When you were growing up in the 30s, 20s, of course the 40s, all black people at least in the Washington, D.C., area were required to live among themselves. ↗

— Ed Smith

#area #black #course #growing #growing up

There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing. ↗

— Elliott Smith

#argument #better #company #doing #historically

For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream. ↗

— Emmitt Smith

#builds #crowds #day #dream #every

As a former football player who has carried a football more than 4,000 times, trust me, I did not go into ballroom dancing with my body being 100 percent, with no aches or pains or ailments coming with me. When you're dancing, you're doing stuff that your body's not used to, and so you start to aggravate those old injuries. ↗

— Emmitt Smith

#aggravate #ailments #ball player #ballroom #being

Do not compare yourself. Find out what God has placed in your ability. ↗

— Emmitt Smith

#compare #find #god #out #placed

There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#old #our #ranks #room #vigorous

Dreaming means 'rehearsing' what you see, playing it over and over in your mind until it becomes as real to you as your life right now. ↗

— Emmitt Smith

#dreaming #life #means #mind #now

I know how important it is to have your quarterback standing upright. Matter of fact, I know how important it is not to allow someone hit on him period because I want him to think that this pocket is completely safe, no one is going to get to me and I got all the time in the world to make whatever decisions I need to make. ↗

— Emmitt Smith

#because #completely #decisions #fact #get

I used to send Tony Romo texts throughout the season just to encourage him, just to wish him luck and just to tell him to get on his offensive line. I hated watching this young man get sacked as much as he did, especially when it came down to big games. ↗

— Emmitt Smith

#came #did #down #encourage #especially