Riddick Bowe Quotes

Riddick Bowe

Profession : Athlete

Birth : August 10, 1967

Being a little kid, you don't hear much about racism. You figure everybody's the same. If racism isn't taught, you're just a black kid and a white kid together.

Riddick Bowe

A program like the Fresh Air Fund gives people a chance to break away for a while. I've been fortunate to be able to raise my family that way.

Riddick Bowe

There's a lot of racism around. I am always puzzled when people have that attitude. I went to a place where people were nice to me. It was something that stuck with me. I learned to treat people the same.

Riddick Bowe

So many people were ready to write me off as being washed up at 20, I started to believe all that negative stuff myself.

Riddick Bowe

For me, hard work and determination got me in the Hall of Fame.

Riddick Bowe