Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

Start where you are, use what you have.

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.

I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.

Since emotions are merely information, there are no good or bad, right or wrong emotions.

Knowledge keeps no better than fish.

Why is my autograph so little in demand, except on checks?

That's what fame is: solitude.

I clean my own utensils, my house and I even travel alone. I don't know what the life of a superstar is like.

I grew up on comics and cartoons. So, as an adult, I like comics and cartoons.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

Librarians in America do something like a couple of billion dollars worth of book business every year.

If you want to conquer lust for wealth, love selflessness and sparing way of life.

I am not a chess historian - I myself am a piece of chess history, which no one can avoid. I will not write about myself, but I am sure that someone will write.