“I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.”

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Friendship is two-sided. It isn’t a friend just because someone’s doing something nice for you. That’s a nice person. There’s friendship when you do for each other. It’s like marriage – it’s two-sided.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.

You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game. And you can win when you’re outscored.

Be prepared and be honest.

Well, if you’re true to yourself you’re going to be true to everyone else.

It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am not as good as I’m going to be. But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be.

I don’t believe in praying to win.

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don’t criticize a teammate. Never be late.

When you hurry you’re more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you’re not quick you can’t get things done.

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Never mistake activity for achievement.

I think you have to be what you are. Don’t try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.

Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing rose, looking at the night and seeing the day. Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full.

I am a mess of insomnia, broken promises, and better tomorrows that never came.

Why ponder thus the future to foresee, and jade thy brain to vain perplexity? Cast off thy care, leave Allah’s plans to him – He formed them all without consulting thee.

Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.

Most men in this world are colored. A belief in humanity means a belief in colored men. The future world will, in all reasonable probability, be what colored men make it.

We think about all of our tomorrows, but we don’t know how many there are, so let’s start making the most of our Todays!

I’m only waiting for Lindsay Lohan’s fashion collection to come out. Ten years from now, there may be no real designers left.

You knew the sweetness of now, now, TONIGHT! who cares for tomorrow, tomorrow is nothing, yesterday is over and done, tonight live, tonight!