You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don't feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.

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

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

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.

Kissing with the tip of the tongue is like ice-cream melting. It was he who taught me that a kiss has a soul and colour of its own.

We have no choice but to be guilty. God is unthinkable if we are innocent.

I am the Walker and the Maze.

My mother cared more about how you reasoned than about the conclusions you reached.

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

I don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal.

The madness is there, and will always be there. But it will keep sleeping, as long as I don't wake it up.

A difficulty journey is more revealing of character than any discussion or analysis.

Violence is a common part of far too many women's lives.

The struggle to be original hates conformity, but the struggle to be better disregards it, or takes advantage of it to build workable conventions.