There are lots of different ways of playing football. It depends on how tall you are, what position you’re in. John Barnes Read Quote
I don’t differentiate between racism in football to racism in life so, therefore, as a football manager I knew that I would get racist abuse. John Barnes Read Quote
We have to look at it holistically and as a whole and say let us tackle racism or discrimination in life. Then you can look to get rid of it in football. John Barnes Read Quote
I don’t see why black should be a negative and it’s not negative. The people perpetrating that particular thought are wrong. John Barnes Read Quote
New managers have to come from somewhere, everyone has to be a learner at some point. John Barnes Read Quote
Before we are footballers or fans, we are ordinary members of society. We are doctors, lawyers, milkmen, postmen, unemployed people, students… So why are they called racist football fans? Are they just racist for the 90 minutes of a match, when the other six days a week they’re not? John Barnes Read Quote
We should be the first to help disadvantaged people. What would happen if other countries decided to follow our example? John Barnes Read Quote
Talking about what any one section of our society has to do to combat racism just stops people outside that group asking difficult questions of themselves. We keep looking at symptoms and not treating the cause. John Barnes Read Quote
You love football because of the game, not because of some idiot who is going to shout at your from across the street. John Barnes Read Quote
