A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.

Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving.

I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.

I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.

If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.

When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.

Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it's like to be stepped on, I know what it's like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.