If you have no faith, you've lost your battle.

In my old neighborhood, a boy stopped playing when he began to lose his pulse. And then he became the referee.

We go out of our way to make people so different,... to punish them because of color, because of sex, because of size, and the game starts.

The serve was invented so that the net could play.

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.

Never say [to younger people] "that was before your time," because the last full moon was before their time!

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.