Top 60 Rachel Lindsay Quotes

I love sports, and people don’t realize that.

If the National Football League, an organization notoriously known for not standing behind their athletes of color, can come out to make a statement to condemn racism and their systemic oppression and admit they were wrong for not listening in the past, then the ‘Bachelor’ franchise can most certainly follow suit.

You cannot reason with delusion.

I majored in sports and went to law school and focused in sports law, so I always knew I wanted to do ESPN but thought it would be behind the camera. After doing ‘Bachelor’ and ‘Bachelorette,’ the media circuit, I thought, you know what – I want to talk about it!

To be the first to do something is huge – all eyes are on you. You just don’t know how people are going to judge you.

I majored in sports management, and then I went to law school for sports law.

Some people can’t handle that I’m direct.

My career is really important to me. I’ve worked hard for it.

I’m in this thing, you know. I’m ‘Bachelor’ Nation, I’m a part of the franchise.

I know there are going to be people who criticize what I do no matter what, but I’m just trying to not get caught up in it.

It is so easy to fall victim of everybody else’s definition of what you should be.

Legends of the Fall’ is one of my favorite movies.

I think it is fair to say that I was denied my on-camera happy ending.

I love Dallas.

I’m a sucker for a great smile.

My social media, I think I had 700 followers before, now it’s like 800,000.

I don’t shop a whole lot. But when I shop, I shop!

You never want to bite the hand that feeds you, but you also do not want to be aiding and abetting problematic behavior.

I’m a trial attorney and I specialize in defense civil litigation. My firm represents businesses and organizations in whatever aspect they get sued, whether it’s commercial litigation, to personal injury, liability, contracts, we litigate for them on their behalf.

I’m a fan of ‘Real Housewives,’ so I personally like drama.

I’m happy to represent myself as a black woman in front of America and I’m happy for America to rally behind me and see what it’s like for me to be on this journey to find love. Honestly, it’s not going to be that different from any other season of ‘The Bachelorette.’

The ‘Bachelor’ franchise does believe in happy endings – some people get an on-camera happy ending, some people get on off-camera happy ending, and some people get both.

I’m looking for the unexplainable connection and spark – real, true love.

I can tell you my dream bachelorette party, but I cannot tell you my dream wedding.

I freelance as a sports broadcaster.

I use the petroleum jelly on my lips because they get very dry and it’s truly the only thing that works.

It’s so unfortunate because people have become so comfortable being mean.

I like when a guy wears ripped jeans, has a loose-fitting V-neck top and has a pair of kicks. You can’t go wrong with a suit either.

I like a confident man.

My dad is very supportive about me being the Bachelorette. He realizes what an amazing experience it is.

Men know what they want when we help them figure it out. We make them think they figured it out by themselves. They really didn’t. We know we did it, and that’s a woman’s job.

I’m a Black woman and I’ve always been told that I wasn’t Black enough because of the way that I grew up, the experiences that I had.

As the first of anything, you’re going to be judged. If you accept the good, you have to accept the bad.

Family’s big to me.

Up until I was 30 I really didn’t date seriously outside of my race because I felt like society – not my parents, not my friends – society was telling me I had to pick a Black man.

All mornings should start with a cup of coffee and a good message from Chris Harrison.

Sports has always been a thing of mine.

I’m obviously nervous and excited to take on this opportunity but I don’t feel added pressure being the first black Bachelorette, because to me I’m just a black woman trying to find love. Yes, I’m doing on this huge stage, but again my journey of love isn’t any different just because my skin color is.

My sister is married to a white guy, so it’s nothing new for our family.

When you aren’t private you open yourself to everyone’s opinions about you.

I’m just like, ‘Give me all the babies. If we can’t have them, we’re adopting.’

I’m looking for a guy who can make me laugh, who knows exactly what he wants, who’s ambitious, ready to start a family, ready to get married.

I started off as a prosecutor and I would be sitting there, waiting for the defense attorney to come, and they would either bypass me because they would assume that I’m not the attorney or they would assume that I was the legal secretary or a paralegal – never the attorney.

I’m a huge Russell Westbrook fan. I pretend I know him, I call him Rusty. But I love his style and someone who steps out out of the box and is bold and that’s him.

I’m very excited to be partnering with Vaseline because I’ve been a fan for years. It’s products I grew up with – my mom always used them on us – and now, I use it all, from the petroleum jelly to the lip gloss and lotion.

I just wear like a powder, like a Bare Minerals, maybe some Nars, like a bronzer or blush, light gloss for my lips. That’s pretty much it. Mascara.

Even though I’m an African-American woman, it’s not different from any other Bachelorette.

Especially as a woman, the jury sums you up immediately and is listening to everything you’re saying. You have to be on your game all the time, and that prepares you for being in front of the camera. The difference is, when I am in front of a jury, I am not talking about my emotions and my life.

I’m so humbled and honored to be chosen to represent myself as a black woman to America, and I look at it as such a positive. That’s what made me move forward and want to embrace being the first black Bachelorette.

I kind of consider myself a tomboy.

I run away from the one who is good on paper – the one who has it all together – and I run toward the one that’s more complicated, and who I can fix and we can work on it together.

I had seen my dad overcome and work hard for the things that he has, and I hear the stories about the injustices that he faced.

The Bachelor is in charge of saying what they’re interested in and what they’re not. Some people don’t know that – they do ask you.

I keep saying this. I don’t think men know what they want. Women are here to help them figure out what it is they want. Like, we’re the neck. We tell them to turn left, right, front, back, whatever it is.

I am a never-say-never person.

I am truly a person who believes in energy and vibes.

When you’re putting out something that is very whitewashed and doesn’t have any type of color in it and you’re not trying to be effective and change that… I think that they have to at this point, give us a black Bachelor for season 25. I don’t know how you don’t.

When I know I want to do something I’m just gonna do it.

I spent much of my adult life focusing on my career and I take pride in my achievements in my field.

My skepticism doesn’t come from no one. There’s a root to it, and it’s my family.