I'm really good at standup. I always win at standup.

The way we value black beauty has changed. I'm single now, but back in the slave days, I would have never been single. I'm 6 feet tall and I'm strong. Look at me, I'm a Mandingo.

You can't rush good wine. It has to sit. And when you finally drink it, it's the bomb. It's worth the wait.

People think I'm an overnight success. No. It's just that you all found me overnight.

I take care of everybody. I'm either hugging you or making sure that you're not sick, because my backpack has every kind of medicine in it.

When you're writing a sketch, it has to be surrounded by a situation. It can't just be out of the air.

My job is to bring the tickle. I know what's funny.

I didn't realize the age thing until I got hired and everybody was telling me I was f - -ing old.

You have to always keep conditioning. My coach used to say, "You play like you practice." If you practice s - -ty, you're going to play s - -ty.

I'm not leaving America because it doesn't support me.

I had all the intentions of being the next Eddie Murphy.

God is not ignoring your prayers, He is working behind the scene perfecting all that concerns you, praise Him.

Odd as it may seem, I am my remembering self, and the experiencing self, who does my living, is like a stranger to me.

There can be no friendship when there is no freedom. Friendship loves the free air and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.

The thing is, not to stop questioning.

Fights aren't won in the octagon, they're won in the months leading up to them, in a near-empty gym, in the lost hours of a day, whether I feel like it or not.

Success is only meaningful - and enjoyable - if it feels like your own.

I'm really into rooibos tea with goat's milk and a little bit of honey. I also drink dandelion tea, Earl Grey, and sometimes a green tea. I'm very into tea.

To me, the movie is about power.

Coffee gives me bad breath.

Who shall set a limit to the influence of a human being?