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

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.

If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?

I have always drawn strength from being close to home.

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

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

Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.