Mark Clennon

“So early in life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.”
― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

“To understand that of any person, his whole life, from birth, must be reviewed. All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything”
― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

“The National Center for Women and Policing reported in 2014 that 10 percent of American families experience domestic violence, but for police officers’ families, the number is two to four times higher, one of the highest rates in the nation, though given the issue’s national coverage a first guess would be that the highest rate involves black football players.”
― Howard Bryant, Full Dissidence: Notes from an Uneven Playing Field

“Nothing can stop the man with the right attitude from achieving his goal,” Jackson wrote, “but nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong attitude.”
― Sam Smith, The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of One Turbulent Season with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls