Black fathers are often disappointed if their sons aren’t good at sports. Not excelling at sports as a black boy meant not being cool – even weirder, it meant not really being black. Martellus Bennett Read Quote
Black boys shouldn’t have to feel that being good at sports is the only way to be cool – or to be valued by the world. Martellus Bennett Read Quote
When you look at me see the father, the awesome dad, the author, film director, business owner, champion, friend, Hufflepuff beast. Martellus Bennett Read Quote
I’m not building gyms. I’m not interested in building football fields or doing football camps. I’m interested in doing film camps and coding camps. Martellus Bennett Read Quote
I’d never worked for anyone else until I got to the NFL, and this will be my last time working for someone else. Martellus Bennett Read Quote
What if Macauley Culkin were black in ‘Home Alone?’ Most people would write it differently… but I would write it the same way. Martellus Bennett Read Quote
I’m like always smiling but I’m superaggressive. I have like a different type of chip on my shoulder. Martellus Bennett Read Quote
As young black boys in Alief, Texas, my friends and I often spent afternoons imagining ourselves scoring the game-winning touchdown at the end of the Super Bowl. Martellus Bennett Read Quote
The way we have been programmed and conditioned to think about the black kid being an athlete, it’s like every young black boy people would see say ‘what sport do you play?’ instead of just asking ‘what do you do?’ ‘What are you interested in?’ Martellus Bennett Read Quote
