It takes a lot of strength to let go.

Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.

If a 25-year old can't read and write and he or she isn't gaining marketable skills, it doesn't matter if a Republican or a Democrat is in the White House. His or her future will be bleak.

There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.

You take a poor black child. Give him a good education, tell him he's somebody, that God didn't create junk when he created him, and that black child will create his own affirmative action.

I don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have.

There can't be opportunity or jobs without investment and profit.