When you're black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people. It's a dirty, dark secret; I'm glad it's coming out.

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.

The older I get, the faster I was.

I don't know anything about Angola, but Angola's in trouble.

I don't care what people think. people are stupid.

We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.

I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I've got a technique. It's called just go get the damn ball.

Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they're still poor.

They run like deer, jump like deer and think like deer.

There's only 5 real jobs in the world. Teacher, fireman, policeman, doctor and somebody who is in the armed service. If you don't have one of those 5 jobs, you shouldn't take your life that serious.

I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.

We would learn as much as we could, be as honourable as we could, be as courageous as we could, and be as happy as we could.

Bah! You want to hear the vilest thing a man’s done and you want him to be a hero at the same time!

Death had touched her, hurt her, and left her to deal with its disagreeable aftermath.

A mother's job is not complete till she has taught and imbibed God's Words, and principles into her kids.

Writing is work. It’s also gambling. You don’t get a pension plan. Other people can help you a bit, but ­essentially you’re on your own. ­Nobody is making you do this: you chose it, so don’t whine.

The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.

The only time I'll get good reviews is if I kill myself.

My work holds up the mirror to hypocrisy, which puts me in a tradition of American writing that reaches back to Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Fun is only real and sustainable if it feeds off the team's purpose and performance aspirations.

It is the duty of man to raise up man.