I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.

If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.

When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.

I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.

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

Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.

I have always drawn strength from being close to home.