The cure for the Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner tragedies is not education or exposure. It's the Gospel. So, finally, I'M ENCOURAGED because the Gospel gives mankind hope.

A consistent and heart-filled effort to completion is the foundation of excellent work.

You CAN be what you want to be. Whatever that is.

I'M EMBARRASSED because the looting, violent protests, and law breaking only confirm, and in the minds of many, validate, the stereotypes and thus the inferior treatment.

It's a sin problem, not a skin problem.

If fathers aren't growing up, I would challenge them to want to be a father that is present in the home, so that their kids have that identity.

I'M OFFENDED, because of the insulting comments I've seen that are not only insensitive but dismissive to the painful experiences of others.

Moral failure occurs when people lose focus and gradually drift off the path.

When we look at our children, I think a lot of the troubles we're having as a society is because we don't have strong fathers in these families that can tell their kids that they can do more.

I believe that I have a platform because God blessed me with the talent to play football. Having that talent, my job is to be responsible with it.

I'M ANGRY because the stories of injustice that have been passed down for generations seem to be continuing before our very eyes.

There is a system alright, but the actual element of education has long gone.

People change. Life changes. It's the way of the world. Maybe it's meant to be.

I never liked being a salesman. . . . Ever since I got my first two orders: Get out! and Stay out!

Architecture is a negotiated art, and it's highly political, and if you want to make buildings, there is diplomacy required.

If your wearing lingerie that makes you feel glamorous, you're halfway thereto turning heads.

fish and visitors stink in 3 days.

One must be brave if one is to take the wheel.

Be not afraid. God loves you & wants us to love one another as He loves us. As miserable, weak and sinful as we are, He loves us with an infinitely faithful love.

I have no interest in making music solely for a white audience. If that's what our audience is, I don't really feel responsible for that.

She's my teacher, my adviser, my greatest inspiration.