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Ralph Wiley Quotes

Truth knows no color; it appeals to intelligence.

Truth knows no color; it appeals to intelligence.

Ralph Wiley
Truth, Color, Justice
Ralph Wiley (1993). “What Black People Should Do Now: Dispatches from Near the Vanguard”, Ballantine Books

A real player is somebody who never gives up, who keeps thinking all the way through, who's scared, (darn) right, but plays through being scared.

Ralph Wiley
Giving Up, Real, Player

Boxing was on the one hand barbaric, unconscionable, out of place in modern society. But then, so are war, racism, poverty, and pro football. Men died boxing, yet there was nobility in defending oneself.

Ralph Wiley
Football, War, Men
Ralph Wiley (2000). “Serenity: A Boxing Memoir”, p.31, U of Nebraska Press

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