I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.

In America you're conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ's sake?

It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.

My humanity, in common with all of God's children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.

A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.

There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'