I'm funny. I'm a comedian. I'm not a clown.

I came up in the community center. I used to be physical director of the South Central Community Center in Chicago on 83rd. It's still there. It used to be around there when I was a kid.

I'm not a star, I hate that word, and I'm an entertainer. Stars fall, you know, I'm an entertainer. I want to be known as an entertainer.

Black audiences are hard. They always think they're better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.

I've always been a reserved cat. When I play sports, there's people used to get mad at me because I didn't hang out and things like that. I've never been that kind of person. Nothing has changed in that regard. I've never been posse, and all that. I'm a quiet storm.

Comedy has been so good to me.

You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.