I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.

Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving.

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

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 have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

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

You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.