Martina's like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she's going to do, but there isn't a thing you can do about it.

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

We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.

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

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.

Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.

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.