A lot of wars are fought between black and whites daily in America. But if it's something I want to be with, the people who started it were black, I wouldn't not get in it.

True giving happens when we give from our heart.

Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.

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

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

The word had spread and people were piling around us. But then very suddenly, Sonny Liston froze me with that look of his. He said real quiet, 'Let's go on over here.' And he led the way to a table and the people hung back. I ain't going to lie. This was the only time since I have known Sonny Liston that he really scared me.

You don't want no pie in the sky when you die, You want something here on the ground while you're still around.