There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport... It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.

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.

Let your feet Take you places, let them remind you of the beauty your eyes can't see.

It seems very strange that one must turn back, and be transported to the very beginnings of history, in order to arrive at an understanding of humanity as it is at present.

History will dictate what my legacy is. And 'maverick' is fine, because I am.

At the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit. And that center is really everywhere. It is within each of us.

Perhaps I shouldn't have been influenced by the idea that my name could be spread across the entire world.

Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait.

Wayne's World' is my all time favorite comedy. I used to watch it on VHS on repeat with my brother when I was ten years old.

If something's not impossible, there must be a way of doing it.

I'm a little funny when it comes to blood and guts and stuff like that.

There aren't any hard women, only soft men.