Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind.

I cannot face my God much longer knowing that his black creatures are held separate and distinct from his white creatures in the game that has given me all that I can call my own.

Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself but for me, the ultimate human experience is to witness the flawless execution of the hit-and-run.

Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity.

If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.

Worry is simply thinking the same thing over and over again and not doing anything about it.

The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race.

Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Luck is the residue of design.

There never has been a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than Robinson.

I see who I am, and I am beyond who I was.

Worry adds no hours to a day, nor happiness to a smile, so it is not worth succumbing to, especially when it obscures the sight of potential.

Because our attachment to control is either unexamined or addictive, we do not understand that by relinquishing control and providing choice, we increase our influence and impact many times over.

If death is necessity life is a choice

If money can't buy happiness, then I guess I'll have to rent it.

Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.

A thought embodied and embrained in fit words walks the earth a living being.

For me, I never wore my religion on my sleeve, you know what I'm saying? I never put myself out there as Lupe Fiasco, he's Muslim, he's from Chicago, he likes to ride a skateboard.

A microphone fiend; I make beats do back flips.

Living a life of faith means never knowing where you are being led.