I have incredible stamina- the what-do-I-got-that-they-ain't-got kind of stamina.

Failure is a signpost to turn you in another direction.

If you make a choice that doesn't please your mate, your friends, your mother, or whoever, the world will not fall apart - the people who truly love you want you to love 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.

Let not one single life have passed in vain. What really matters is who you love and how you love.

There is no such thing as failure. Mistakes happen in your life to bring into focus more clearly who you really are.

What I know for sure is that your life is a multipart series of all your experiences- and each experience is created by your thoughts, intentions, and actions to teach you what you need to know. Your life is a journey of learning to love yourself first and then extending that love to others in every encounter.