Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike.

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.

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

When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.

Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.

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.