I am honored that they would include me in the Cabinet as a member and contributor.

We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family.

All the doors that I had to close. All the things I knew but I didn't know. Thank God for all I missed. 'Cause it led me here to this.

I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn't worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did.

Find something that makes you want to give and give and give 'til it hurts.

When somebody says to you the real USC is in L.A., tell them we were a school before they were a state.

Rock and roll was something to fall back on. If I had my choice, I'd be Jerry Rice and I'd be playing until I was forty-five.