A lot of people want to change the world, but only a few people want to change themselves. When it comes to the issue of race in America, we have to do both.

We need to get beyond the politics of the moment, the deficit of the hour, the military count of the day, the numbers that rarely shape events. Our long-term interests must be in people and in the values of democracy and individual liberty.

Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.

The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own.

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

When you're not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.

Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.