A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.

We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.

Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.

I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.

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?

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.