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

Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.

There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'

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.

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

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.

With what we give, we make a life.