Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

A baseball manager has learned a lot about his job from having played the game, but a parent has not learned a thing from having once been a child.

It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful.

You also notice that the right side of your face feels like it's sliding off of your skull. And your bottom lip is in your lap!

When I was a child, I was living in the housing projects of Philadelphia. I didn't even have a Christmas tree.

My grandpa didn't believe in hugging and kissing, or saying I love you. His love had to do with the way he treated you. When he said, We're going here, we're going there, he was telling me about life. That was his love for me. My love for him was listening to what he said, keeping out of trouble, doing right, being fair.

Let me say this: I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism and when you do that, you have to go in with a neutral mind.