Jack Johnson

“Whatever I do, I do with the intention of making a spectacle.”

“To be a champion, you must have no contentious spirit.”

“I made a lot of money, and I spent it.”

“I'm black. They never let me forget it. I'm black all right. I'll never let them forget it.”

“The questions ain't the answers. You are the answer.”

“I have found no better way of avoiding race prejudice than to act with people as if there is no such thing.”

“The man who can't do what he wants to do has to do what he can.”

“There are two things a man should never be angry at; what he can help, and what he cannot help.”

“I never was a slave. I'm a free man.”

“I am not a slave. I am a man.”

“I have always been a great admirer of my own work.”