The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.

If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.

Everyone is the keeper of a dream

When you have done everything that you can do, surrender. Give yourself up to the power and energy that's greater than yourself.

God can dream a bigger dream for you then you could ever dream for yourself.

My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.

Lessons often come dressed up as detours and roadblocks