A life isn't significant except for its impact on others' lives.

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

I know that I am a black man in a white world. . . I know that I never had it made.

Next time I go to a movie and see a picture of a little ordinary girl become a great star… I’ll believe it. And whenever I hear my wife read fairy tales to my little boy, I’ll listen. I know now that dreams do come true.

I don't think that I or any other Negro, as an American citizen, should have to ask for anything that is rightfully his. We are demanding that we just be given the things that are rightfully ours and that we're not looking for anything else.

This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.

How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.