Don't let anyone turn you into a slave. You're a slave if you let the media tell you that sports and entertainment are more important than developing your brain.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sports is entertainment.
Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical fitness and mental prowess.
I love sports. When I'm not playing, I'm watching, reading, or otherwise obsessing about them. This probably stems from growing up in Indiana, where if you didn't at least attempt to play basketball, you were considered of dubious moral character.
First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that sport, so it becomes part of your identity.
Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence.
There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.
Sport develops your brain. It helps your learning. It's not an add-on at the end of the day.
The trouble is that right now I want to put as much work into football as I can. It's very important for me to get off to a good start. By the same token, I feel a responsibility to handle the media and those sort of things.
Sports are a great place to show that equality can happen.
I'm nothing more than a sports slave.