Tommie Smith Professions : Olympic athlete Born : June 6, 1944 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Tommie Smith 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. Tommie Smith team athlete dirty 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. Tommie Smith powerful running country 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. Tommie Smith games heart thinking I would not educate Donald trump. He is a very educated man. Tommie Smith trump educated men There was a lot of misunderstanding about what was happening because they had never seen that happen before, especially by a black athlete. Tommie Smith top-news Similar Authors Betty Cuthbert olympic-athlete Bill Toomey olympic-athlete Brian Goodell olympic-athlete Bruce Jenner olympic-athlete Bryan Clay olympic-athlete Brutus Hamilton olympic-athlete All Authors
