Top 6 Quotes by Rubin Carter

Hatred and bitterness and anger only consume the vessel that contains them. It doesn't hurt another soul.

Hurt, Hatred, Soul

"Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter still fighting long after boxing days pass" by Eliott C. McLaughlin, www.cnn.com. February 26, 2011.

You can gain reconciliation from your enemies, but you can only gain peace from yourself.

Enemy, Gains, Reconciliation

To live in a world where truth matters and justice, however late, really happens, that world would be heaven enough for us all.

Justice, Heaven, Would Be

"Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter obituary" by Michael Carlson, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2014.

Men without dignity are like clowns without an audience, pathetic and lost

Men, Dignity, Clown

Rubin Carter (2011). “The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472”, p.142, Chicago Review Press

Bitterness only consumes the vessel that contains it.

Bitterness, Vessel

Rubin Hurricane Carter, Ken Klonsky (2011). “Eye of the Hurricane: My Path from Darkness to Freedom”, p.93, Chicago Review Press

The strategies of offense and defense are very similar between chess and football. Chess really brought closeness to the team back in those days.

Sports, Football, Team

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