They said that I had sold out and (am an) Uncle Tom. And I said well, they deserve to have that view. But I have my thoughts. And I think they're race-hustling poverty pimps.

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

Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school.

When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.

Americans are hungry for a discussion on policy solutions to the problems in their communities that work.

As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.

My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.