I read that Hollywood wanted to film Fences years ago with a white director, but [August] Wilson refused. He thought that the director needed to have lived the culture of black Americans.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

Some will say that searching for your dreams is like looking for unicorns in an emerald forest.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

No matter what our personal circumstances may be, if we ourselves become a source of light, then there will be no darkness in the world.

Content is fire and social media is gasoline.

I'm doing this for me.

Domesticity and all that isn't really for me.

Energy rests upon love; and come as it will, there's no forcing it.

To be honest, I've never had an easy relationship with being a writer, though I persist.

Prayer crowns God with the honor and glory due to His name, and God crowns prayer with assurance and comfort. The most praying souls are the most assured souls.

I'm not even sure who my audience is.