When you look around at the six people that you spend the most time with, that's who you are. I think that in making those decisions in who you are going to be married to, who your friends are going to be, those are really huge, critical, life decisions. Who gets to talk to you everyday, is almost like the food that you eat. It is a very huge critical situation to choose who the people are that you are spending your life with, spending your time with and who you are choosing to give your love and everything to.

I'd rather live my life knowing that I'm not perfect than spend my whole life pretending to be.

I would have absolutely messed up 'The Matrix'.

Never underestimate the pain of a person, because in all honesty, everyone is struggling. some people are better at hiding it than others.

I can't run away when I'm scared. I always have to attack. That's how I deal with seemingly difficult things.

I'm not afraid to die on a treadmill.

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.