Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

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

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.

Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, "Let's see if he can juggle another one."

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

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.