It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

I’m gonna whup whoever stole my bike!

I have more fans and more followers and more supporters. Because the people who actually saw the Joe Frazier Muhammad Ali fight, they saw me win at least nine rounds - the people who know boxing.

I barely got out of school, I got out of school, mainly, because I was a champ, and I actually didn't pass. I won't name the teachers that put me through, but I want. If I was not a Muslim, or a follower of the Honorable Elijah Mohammed I couldn't talk to somebody for two minutes. I believe I can hold my own as an intelligent conversation, but it all come from the Honorable Elijah Mohammed.

I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty.

Unknown Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold.

The greater our level of understanding, the harder the tests become.