America does not like losers. Look how we treated those soldiers who came back from Vietnam. Because they lost. America likes winners.

You can't pick when you're touched. You can't pick the time. It just is. It's the reality. What it is, is. I can't change the past. I can only deal with the present and the future.

People do many things for many reasons. Sometimes, what you do you have no control over, because it's predestined. It's gonna happen in spite of you. There's nothing you can do about it.

I don't want affirmative action - too much affirmative, not enough action.

America does not like losers. Look how we treated those soldiers who came back from Vietnam. Because they lost. America likes winners.

People think you're crazy if you turn money down... people worship money.

Hillary Clinton could say she was a woman and running for president. And Sarah Palin could say she was a woman and running for vice-president. But Obama couldn't say, 'I'm black and I'm running for president.' It couldn't come out of his mouth. He couldn't say that because, if he did, he'd lose votes.