I feel like there are not a lot of us, in terms of African American owners or creators. I’m trying to get kids and communities to think not just about playing for the team, but owning the team. You don’t always have to be the worker bee. Martellus Bennett Read Quote
With ‘Dear Black Boy,’ I wanted to encourage BIack boys to dream outside of sports and think differently. Martellus Bennett Read Quote
If you play sports, use sports. So many of our kids get used by the game and then get nothing out of it. Use it as a tool to open up other doors that you want to open in life. Martellus Bennett Read Quote
My ultimate goal is to live forever, but the only way to live forever is to create and you always want to be there for your kid. Martellus Bennett Read Quote
I feel like kids don’t dream big enough. With art being taken out of school, it’s important to know you can create as well. Martellus Bennett Read Quote
For some reason as a kid being a smart athlete didn’t seem like the right thing, because you didn’t fit in. You didn’t want to be too smart because you’d be a nerd. But then you didn’t want to be too dumb either because then you didn’t get the grades you needed to play. Martellus Bennett Read Quote
