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Lynn Swann

"I feel like there should be more black head coaches."

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"I feel like there should be more black head coaches."

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"Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics."
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"Now, I'm not here because I was that good. I'm here because of the people around me made me that good."
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"I took several years of dance lessons that included ballet, tap and jazz. They helped a great deal with body control, balance, a sense of rhythm, and timing."
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"If a player demonstrated that he is the best, and a team decides, even so, we don't want to pay him, as in any other business, he should be able to play elsewhere."
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"Very often we see coaches who have not been successful being recycled, instead of looking to a new face or a new name who has demonstrated the ability to handle the job."
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"We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you?"
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"Professional sports is a business."
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"Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best."
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