Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion.

The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition.

The first place to start is on enforcement. We who got the ADA passed did the hard part, the heavy lifting.

It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.

I went to Brooklyn College as an education major. It was a big deal in the family, but really, I was living for Mom and Dad.

Being a good race car driver is one thing, but to take all the time commitments and all the pushing and pulling and learning when to say no - because you need to rest or focus on the things you need to do to make the car go fast - those are the hardest things to learn and the most distracting things to learn.

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

It's an advantage to have two parents, but to have one parent to stay closely connected and at home during those early years of education can be very very important.