I want to go up to the closest white person and say: 'You can't understand this, it's a black thing' and then slap him, just for my mental health.

Our public schools need to be in the control of parents and the community, as opposed to businessmen who see the $23 billion budget as a means to giving no-bid contracts to their cronies.

What you do daily decides your destiny and (more importantly) your legacy.

100% commitment is required for any great achievement.

You are never too old to learn more than you already know and to become able to do more than you already can.

Writing a book is like sliding down a rainbow! Marketing it is like trudging through a field of chewed bubblegum on a hot, sticky day.

How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.

The whole Constitution has been erected upon the assumption that the King not only is capable of doing wrong but is more likely to do wrong than other men if he is given the chance.

I always enjoy myself fighting in Mississippi. I enjoy myself fighting anywhere.

I have to say as an actor I have been inspired by so many British actors throughout the years.

That's what we Americans do when we find a place that's really special. We go there and act exactly like ourselves. And we are a bunch of fun-loving dopes.

Id rather be able to play great tennis at a slam than make eight finals of little tournaments and then lose first round of a slam. That doesnt sound too good.