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.
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We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is no wonder that we sometimes seem rudderless. . . . We see basketball players and pop singers as possible role models.
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others, at whatever cost.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.
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And I'm going to work as hard as I can... for cancer research and hopefully, maybe, we'll have some cures and some breakthroughs. I'd like to think I'm going to fight my brains out to be back here again next year for the Arthur Ashe recipient. I want to give it next year!
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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There is a syndrome in sports called paralysis by analysis.
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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If I were to say, God, why me? about the bad things, then I should have said, God, why me? about the good things that happened in my life.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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From what we get, we can make a living what we give, however, makes a life.
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You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number 1.
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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
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