You're in love, that's what your problem is.

A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.

The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.

I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.

But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.

What I know about this world is white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you.

You're in love, that's what your problem is.