Hell, I'm going to play pro basketball. I'm going to maybe be famous. I'm going to write books.

You have to be a minor superhero just to get to be a dignified man, and that's kind of exacerbated for men of color.

To be a survivor as an African American man - maybe any man - you have to be pretty tough. Or at least that's what we all understand.

I want to give the evidence in a way that is convincing, but I don't want to cheat.

I get off on anticipating and waiting much more than I get off on the actual event.

Things seem to fall apart inevitably.

If I had only a negative side of things to present, I think I would have much less of a drive to do it. Because what would be the point?