People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like that and stay out of trouble, and don't do this and don't do that. But it's hard to live up to some people's expectations.

For a long time, sure, I was letting the pressure of being Rodney King get to me. It ain't easy. Even now, I walk into a place wondering, 'What people are thinking? Do they know who I am? What do they think about what happened? Do they blame me for the all those people who died?'

I tell myself time heals. It really does.

It's not painful to relive it. I'm comfortable with my position in American history.

Why can't we all just get along?

It's happening right now... it's just not on film, it's not being recorded.

Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym.