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

I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.

If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters.

It's an abnormal world I live in. I don't belong anywhere. It's like I'm floating down the middle. I'm never quite sure where I am.

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

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