If you need to know history, the real story of those before you, then you should go to the library and read newspaper clippings of someone like Muhammad Ali every day, then it might giver you some understanding of the man.

If you go back to before mankind came out of the cave, there was hatred.

In the bush, trust no one you don't know.

Most of the things that are asked of me as a representative black person, would suggest never are we equal Americans.

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.

Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.

My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel 90 feet tall.