So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's a mistake to say we bailed New York out by giving them a grant of money to help those poor people who throw it away on welfare.

And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation.

I love kids and I maintain that they are our future, that we adults owe them the ability to achieve their potential and that we don't own this planet. We hold it in trust for them.

You can't twist Al Sharpton's arm.

Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stigma it once had. Now it's almost considered wise, a way to regroup and come back again.

I love children, and most of my involvement now has to do with children or youth programs.

And I tell people I'm in charge of children, children I haven't even met yet.