I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it.

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

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?'

Obama, he wouldn't have been in office without what happened to me and a lot of black people before me. He would never have been in that situation, no doubt in my mind. He would get there eventually, but it would have been a lot longer. So I am glad for what I went through. It opened the doors for a lot of people.

When I leave here, when my final day on this earth is up, I want to leave in peace. I want to have peace in my heart.

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

I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that point, but that's the work of God.