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

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

I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.

Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.

When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.

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

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.

Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.

Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.

It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.

I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.

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

Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.

You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

I don’t care who you are, you’re going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don’t move and you can’t take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.

You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.

Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy and the fundamental right upon which all our civil liberties rest.

To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.

No one’s going to take our democracy away from us. Not now. Not ever.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.