Chavis Quotes

Young people are very responsive to this thing. - Benjamin Chavis

When he gets to college, I think he'll concentrate on academics. But he will still run. He has it in his blood. - Bill Chavis

We're pretty geared up for the conference. We try to produce the state-of-the-art men's ministry weekend. - Steve Chavis

We learned a lot of young people were ruining their credit by age 20. - Benjamin Chavis

We had some very interesting reports on the figures and costs it takes to run a dual-track school system, and there are very few schools in the state that have both tracks. The real problem comes when in the same schools overworking staff and teachers so there are staffing issues that get interesting. - Doneva Chavis

We had him the entire time. He was totally committed. - John Chavis

They're being profiled... Over and over, our artists are targets only to be later found not guilty. Like (Sean) 'Puffy' (Combs). - Benjamin Chavis

They were in better position to make plays (last night), and we expect them to improve daily. - John Chavis

There's room in this movement for everybody. 50 percent of the people that came out today were young people and that's very encouraging. That shows us that we not only have a sense of resilience, but I see the torch of leadership being passed to young brothers and sisters in a new generation who are rising to the occasion out of their own rights. And the momentum of this day will be felt in communities throughout the nation. - Benjamin Chavis

There's no excuse to give up 24 [offensive] points against Kentucky. I don't want to take anything away from Kentucky, but yeah, we've got concerns. - John Chavis