Rodney King Quotes
As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.
I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint.
I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference.
Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym.
What I've learned to do is arrest my addiction - arrest it myself, so I don't get arrested.
I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that point, but that's the work of God.
I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it.
I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vise. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me.
When I leave here, when my final day on this earth is up, I want to leave in peace. I want to have peace in my heart.
As a black man, you run from the cops. It's different now, but back when I was coming up, you run.
We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us.
Over the years, a lot of rappers - Lil' Wayne, Ice Cube - have used my name in their songs. I'm a real touchstone of history.