Champions are made from something deep inside — a desire, a dream, a vision.

I don't count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they're the only ones that count.

No intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white girls coming to their homes to marry their black sons and daughters.

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

Watching movies was like going to school for me. It still is. You're always learning. Even if it's bad, you're learning what not to do.

Education means teaching kids how to do stuff and how to think about stuff. Education is a pretty simple concept with a very clear way to measure results: you give some kind of an exam - maybe it's one of those standardized tests all kids hate, maybe it's some kind of essay, but whatever it is, it'll measure the results, and the kids will hate it.

What I've learned is that life is a balance between idealism and realism.

We cannot create observers by saying 'observe', but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.