I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.

There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.

The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.

I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected

If I had to choose between baseball’s Hall of Fame and first class citizenship for all of my people. I would say first-class citizenship.

I know that I am a black man in a white world. . . I know that I never had it made.

Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.

This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.

If time is linear, every moment is new! Monotony is just an experience of Ignorance!

The definition of tragedy is when people do not communicate yet struggle to conceal the pain.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

If you want the world to be loving and peaceful, I'll give you my heart and soul. For the heart is a symbol of truth and caring

Life is a foreign language

That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.

If I have one, I'll have thirteen. No, there ain't no in-betwee. Cuz the more I drink, the more I drink, the more I drink.

I'm more like my father, personality-wise. But my mom and I get alone really well, obviously, because my mom and my dad get along so well.

The hand of bone and sinew and flesh achieves its immortality in taking up a pen. The hand on a page wields a greater power than the fleshly hand ever could in life.

We need to develop a sense of sufficiency to be happy.