I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise.

I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame.

If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person.

People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy.

It's not that we like sad movies that make us feel like, 'Oh, my God, what a bummer.' We like emotionally moving experiences. It's nothing new. It's catharsis. It goes back to the Greeks.

I found The Doors, and thank God I found The Doors because it inspired me to do Strange Music, and it saved my life.

I'm a very spiritual guy.

Faith lives inside of us in every circumstance.