If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.

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

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.

...I spent many, many hours in...libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

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.