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“In the past I was like, hey, I don’t want to speak on certain issues, because the second I speak on one thing about race, then I’m race baiting, I’m, ‘Hey, Tyron’s playing the race card.’ But if you think about it, what is the race card?
“The race card is that, ‘The Man held me down, I had unfair circumstances, and now I wasn’t able to be successful because someone held me down.’
“That’s not true. That’s not reality. I have walked into Tom Ford and someone looking at me like, ‘What are you doing here, you can’t afford nothing in here.’ Well technically I kind of can, if I want to. But that’s our reality. And people subconsciously make those preconceived notions about you before they even know you.”
“I think I’m the only African-American fighter on the roster who can capture the market,” said Woodley
“Certain athletes, they show the UFC, to the fans, that they are marketable. What happens is, the UFC gets behind them. They help push them. I’m a husband, I’m a father of four, I’m an entrepreneur, I’m a gym owner, I’m an actor, I’m an analyst, I’m a stuntman, I’m a Christian. Every avenue you can take it, I have those layers .I grew up in Ferguson. I grew up in gangbanging. I was in a family of 14 in a four-bedroom house, complete dysfunction, and I made a choice to be successful. What is there not to market? I’m fighting like hell. I’m not doing performance-enhancing drugs in my life. … Why would they not want to market me?”
Tyron Woodley is going fulll throttle ! Here's the full article if you want more gems.
http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/new...l&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer_FB1
“The race card is that, ‘The Man held me down, I had unfair circumstances, and now I wasn’t able to be successful because someone held me down.’
“That’s not true. That’s not reality. I have walked into Tom Ford and someone looking at me like, ‘What are you doing here, you can’t afford nothing in here.’ Well technically I kind of can, if I want to. But that’s our reality. And people subconsciously make those preconceived notions about you before they even know you.”
“I think I’m the only African-American fighter on the roster who can capture the market,” said Woodley
“Certain athletes, they show the UFC, to the fans, that they are marketable. What happens is, the UFC gets behind them. They help push them. I’m a husband, I’m a father of four, I’m an entrepreneur, I’m a gym owner, I’m an actor, I’m an analyst, I’m a stuntman, I’m a Christian. Every avenue you can take it, I have those layers .I grew up in Ferguson. I grew up in gangbanging. I was in a family of 14 in a four-bedroom house, complete dysfunction, and I made a choice to be successful. What is there not to market? I’m fighting like hell. I’m not doing performance-enhancing drugs in my life. … Why would they not want to market me?”
Tyron Woodley is going fulll throttle ! Here's the full article if you want more gems.
http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/new...l&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer_FB1