When I was growing up, I installed refrigerators in supermarkets. My father was an electrical engineer.

Make a choice of what you want, who you want to be and how you're going to do it. The universe will get out of your way.

10 ways to love: listen, speak, give, pray, answer, share, enjoy, trust, forgive, promise.

Greatness exists in all of us.

I'm a student of world religion, so to me, it's hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing.

The first eight years of schooling was with all white people. So that helped me to understand how white people think. I think that transition is what helped me bridge the gap, because that's what my success has really been about: bridging the gap between the black community and the white community.

Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic? What's the point of being realistic? I'm going to do it. It's done. It's already done. The second I decide it's done, it's already done.