Charlie Scott

North Carolina · connectedBorn 1948

American basketball player

Studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Studied at Laurinburg Institute

Quotations with a citation

I’d never put a label on myself when I went out there, to think I was playing as a pioneer or a trailblazer

He never did anything to make a statement on my part. It was just him being his normal self, and I think that is more the beauty of coach Smith than anything else.

It was the time when change was happening in America, and I just happened to be in a situation where I was part of that change.

I felt like I was put in the position where I could make a difference, and I felt like I was capable of doing that, so I was very lucky that I had the right ingredients and a coaching staff and players with me that allowed me to be successful in that role.