In January of 1969, after a meeting to discuss the leadership of UCLA's new Afro-American Program, [Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins, Jr.] were murdered on campus by a rival black nationalist group, the United Slaves Organization. This shook up all the students, black and white, and made us all realize that what we were doing wasn't just an academic exercise, but had repercussions in the real world.

As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

We don't have selfish guys here, which sometimes leads to problems.

My English teacher, Dr. John Lindstrom, taught me an appreciation for the written word. Until his class, I'd dabbled in journalism and essay writing. But when he selected one of my essays as the best in the class, it gave me the confidence to see myself as a writer.

During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier.

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.