Dhani Jones's Quotes

Paul Robeson was an athlete, Rutgers valedictorian, lawyer, writer, actor in movies and plays, great voice - a black male doing it all, back when some people thought he shouldn't. One reason I do all the things I do is to break stereotypes that people can only do certain things.

The bow tie started off with one of my friends, Kunta Littlejohn. He said if you want to be anybody, you've got to rock the bow tie. I dismissed it at first, but later he told me he had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, so I decided to wear the bow tie to support him. And as he got better, I came to learn the power of the bow tie.

The one thing that holds people back from working out together is that they don't want to smell around other people. Your olfactory sense is the primary sense in your memory, and you don't want to be part of anyone's memory thinking that you smell bad.

There's four main pillars to the bow tie - self-representation, service, collaboration and critical thought. You have to understand how to represent yourself and critically understand how to collaborate and serve others.

What better way to get to know a culture than to go there and learn their sports? And I say to people who tell me they can't travel, 'How much did you spend at the mall this year? How many times did you eat out? Take that money and go.'

When I was younger, I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation.

When you wear a bow tie, doors open for you. Your posture is a little more erect; your shoulders are a little further back; your style is a little more dynamic. It's about the reestablishment of the gentleman.

Whether a plane to Singapore, a subway in Manhattan, or the streets of Cincinnati, I search for meaningful conversation wherever I may travel. Without it, I believe we lose the ability to not only understand others, but more importantly, ourselves.

With TV, it's the same way as preparing for the game of football. To get better at football, you have to watch the film and watch those who came before you and played the game, and yes, the first year you come in as a rookie and you're not gonna be as good as when you come in as a vet, and I applied that in the same way to 'Ton of Cash.'

Every country I go to, I learn a little bit more about myself.

Football is one side of me. Art is another. Travel is another.

I like to keep things classic, not lavish or blinged out. I don't even say that word. The last thing I want to be is over the top.

I started rockin' the BowTie when I was a rookie with the New York Giants.

I want everybody to travel, to travel and not be afraid.

I will be the first black James Bond.

I would love to be a grinder on some race yacht.

I'm living my future as long as you're living in the present and realize how beautiful life is.

Ideas and thoughts and creativity is more of who I am than football.

Just because you wear a bow tie doesn't mean you're a nerd.

People look at you differently if you wear a bow tie, as opposed to a necktie.

There's nothing better than live music. It's raw energy, and raw energy feeds the soul.

Travel around the world is amazing. New people. New-found family, really.

When I'm in the Switzerland backcountry and nobody around looks like me, people were like, 'Can I touch your hair?'

When it all boils down, it's about embracing each others' stories and maybe even finding that synergy to collaborate for the common good.

Without creation, what are we but stalled in life?

Football is a sport of paradox. It requires reaction, not reflection. Yet you must use your mind to calculate, to anticipate - to think and not think at the same time.