One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

Start where you are, use what you have.

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.

I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.

Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike.

If you have to criticize, do it with deep understanding and love.

A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.

Teamplayer: Once who unites others toward a shared destiny through sharing information and ideas, empowering others and developing trust.

Everything is the will of God - we are only instruments of her will and we learn to just love and accept.

It's better to be an octopus than a fish. If an octopus loses a tentacle to a predator, the octopus will survive with seven tentacles left for itself.

I came from Canada when I was about 10 years old, and our family settled in Cleveland, Ohio.

Let's hope the first comes first.

I don't smoke often, maybe once or twice a month, but it makes me feel sexy and romantic.

Don't expect others to do your work for you.