“There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.”
Sports
“Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.”
FaithAll Quotes by J. C. Watts
“It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.”
Strength“Good policy makes good politics and what I've done has been good politics.”
Politics“In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.”
Dad“Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school.”
Faith“I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to the point that we are a color-blind society. I'm not so sure that in politics that will ever be reality, because politics has a way of separating us based on skin color.”
Politics“I would love to be associated with some sports organization. I was a journalism major. That's kind of intriguing, to do something in the political-commentary arena.”
Sports“I guess probably in my time in politics, it continued to be affirmed to me that the African-American community, despite being subscription television's most valuable customers, they are very underserved by cable and satellite television programming options.”
Politics“The strength of America is not in Washington.”
Strength“I never got into politics for it to be a career.”
Politics“I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.”
Trust“The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.”
Faith“We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.”
Politics“Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something - history's going to be kind to George W. Bush.”
History“My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.”
Home“In 1989 when I switched from Democrat to Republican, with God as my witness, not one thing changed about what I believed about one man and one woman in a marriage or about diversity of color. That's a good thing.”
Marriage“In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - would someday be called Congressman.”
Imagination“I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.”
Society“I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number one objective this journey of life. That all starts with a personal intimate relationship with Christ and then being in prayer every single day about all of those things - being tenacious about it.”
Faith“I never got into politics for it to be a career. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.”
Politics