I think when I stop fighting, I die in a sense.

Leonard Pitts, Jr. is the most insightful and inspiring columnist of his generation.

How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time?

This administration and these folk who run Washington are no more interested in our welfare and our well being than the man on the moon. And we have got to start taking our destiny into our hands.

The City of Angels is a microcosm of the world, and so living in L.A. makes me feel like a citizen of the world.

Loving your enemy is a radical concept.

There are really only two types of people. Either you're running scared or you're running free. I choose to run free, and you can, too, no matter what your circumstances in life.