I knew being accepted was going to be hard, but I knew I was involved in a situation that was going to bring opportunities to other blacks.

Kids are our future, and we hope baseball has given them some idea of what it is to live together and how we can get along, whether you be black or white.

A man who sits under a tree and dreams makes more journey than a man who goes around the world without dreaming!

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones. It scoops the stuffing out of us, and chucks us aside. Alas!

I think so. 9/11 has been a turning point in American history, there's no doubt about that.

Congress no longer declares war or makes budgets. So that's the end of the constitution as a working machine.

When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They're sent to promote, increase and strengthen you.

I hope one day I can come into a training camp and not say someone is out for the season.

The Warrior of the light knows that when somebody wants something, the whole Universe conspires in their favor.

Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I'd love to have said that.

You once told me that I make you believe in the impossible. You make me believe in love, which I’d given up on. Thank you for proving to me it’s not just a fairy tale.

The youth is better than the old age of friendship.