When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take 'em.

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.

My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.

Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life's way of preparing you for success.

I want to have fun. Life ain't no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I'm a comedian; I ain't no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love.

Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.

Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.