I realize im black, but id like to be viewed as a person, and that is everybodys wish.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

Another day, another opportunity to prove everyone who doubts you wrong.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

Don't be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.

Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

The blind can see love, the deaf can hear love, the mute can express love, and the disabled can carry love.

By authentically sharing when things aren’t right you allow the people you care about to offer the support you may need.

There's no right or wrong in the study of enlightenment. There's only experience.

Nothing goes far which has not the wings of love to make it buoyant, so that it can fly.

I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.

Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand.

It's no use blaming anyone now.

When a whole nation is roaring patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and the purity of its heart.

For the first time in my life the eternal 'I' becomes 'we', as, finally, I can get on with someone.

The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a freer and wiser humanity.