I had to go through failures in order to learn how to do it.

We should never shy away from the challenges that face us out of fear of failure or an unwillingness to battle the odds. We should confront our problems head on and make no excuses.

Know your limits, but never stop trying to break them...

Everybody is going to have a point in their life when they can’t see any brightness at the end of the tunnel…but there always is…you just have to keep on fighting.

By releasing control over circumstances, you gain more control over your life.

(After the losses) I decided I had to break through. I had to set a goal. My goal that I set was to never be pinned.

Time is standing still

Blood is thicker than water, I know, but it's unnatural stuff to drink so much of. (“The Wife Of Ted Wickham”)

But whatever the reason, it felt surreal

He’d valued his dignity more than his own life.

The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.

To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist. And there is no decent or charted way of making a living at it. It is something you are, and not something you do.

We must not forget that the wheel is reinvented so often because it is a very good idea; I've learned to worry more about the soundness of ideas that were invented only once.

The savage repression of blacks, which can be estimated by reading the obituary columns of the nation's dailies, Fred Hampton, etc., has not failed to register on the black inmates.

If you fall off track and scarf down an unhealthy meal, that's fine. Eat better the next meal-not the next day.

When the last moment arrives, praise and blame will be the same to you, to me, and to others. We are here to work, and will have to leave all when the call comes.