Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.

I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be.

I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters.

Marriage is no way of life for the weak, the selfish, or the insecure.

I have a kind of respect - a worshipful attitude, even - for nature and the natural order and the cosmos and the seasons.

Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.