Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears, happiness or sadness.
Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.
If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.
Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.
When I came here, I put my hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. I didn't put my hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.
You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.
We must face the No. 1 critical issue of our day. It is youth crime in general and black-on-black crime in particular. There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery. Then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved. After all we have been through, just to think we can't walk down our own streets, how humiliating.
We don't appreciate the value of humor sometimes.
I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife.
Though I would have liked my chances in a rematch in 1998 if I were better prepared, it was clear then that computer superiority over humans in chess had always been just a matter of time.
Love wins when everything else will fail.