You do what you have to do to get through today, and that puts you in the best place tomorrow.

You can't accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself. If life teaches you nothing else, know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.

Let passion drive your profession.

Nobody’s journey is seamless or smooth. We all stumble. We all have setbacks. It’s just life’s way of saying, ‘Time to change course.’

There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.

I love what the church offers to us as a culture - black people in particular. We would be nowhere without the black church.

I've seen that many times in rural African villages where people have nothing but a hut and a bowl. The joy in the children's eyes is something you wish you could package and bring back to America.