We have to go back to the memories of 9-11. If that memory doesn't do anything to you as an American, then you're not really that sensitive a human being.
I'm an American citizen. I pay my taxes. I want my equal rights. But this is my country, and consequently, I don't want to open up for ISIS or for anybody that will take away what we've already gained.
The three greatest people in my life were white, OK. My high school coach, my high school superintendent and my mentor in Manhasset, Long Island.
The essence of Ferguson is the spirit of the people, and I'm so happy to see the spirit because I haven't seen it like that since the Civil Rights Movement.
Richard Sherman is a creation of the media and a bright young man who has learned how to capitalize on everything, and sometimes at the expense of his other teammates.
In anger-management training, they teach you never to hit a person - hit an object. That's what they teach you.
I don't start fights, but sometimes I don't walk away from them. It hasn't happened in a long time, but it's happened, and I regret those times. I should have been more in control of myself, stronger, more adult.
In a perfect world, I don't think any man should slap anyone.
Young black men in this country have to understand that they have a responsibility. They cannot be the enemy in their own neighborhoods and usurp the effort of good people that are trying to make things work.
You have to put money in its proper perspective. The way it is positioned in the culture is like it is the most important thing. But something is missing.
The so-called incorrigibles were not the way people said they were. I found a lot of character in some of these people.
I was doing economic development for minorities. I was getting black folks to use their dollars to help each other.
Money is lonely anyway. When you got it, people always want it. You don't want to be used; sometimes you don't know where a cat is comin' from.
If you're an old cat around young girls, you got to have somethin' to bring to the table.
If I couldn't have discipline, if I sit up eatin' fried chicken in bed at night, I'd just as soon be dead. I take care of myself.
I think of my life as a journey, and I'm still on it.
I listened to my kids talk about me as a parent, and I learned about things they wished I'd done and said. And I wished that I had done more of those things.
God ain't got nothing to do with winning a damn football game.
I gave away most of my trophies, put away the plaques.
I prefer girls who are young.
I just walk funny.
You can do a hell of a film if you can understand what it is to be a man in America.
The story of Jackie Robinson is also the story of Branch Rickey. He had many reasons for doing what he did, but he stood up against his own people.
The funny thing about cinema is, usually when they do a story that has African Americans in it, there always has to be a white guy who's the savior.
Ben Schwartzwalder was a decent guy, but he was from another era. He was like a Marine, with a real army attitude. He thought there was only one way to play football, and that was the rough way.
Ultimately, if you look at the game and there are two minutes left, and you have to ensure your victory, you don't want to throw the damn football. You want a runner who can run the clock out.
Nobody is going to tell me Marshawn Lynch can't run. He's strong as an ox.
One of the most fantastic experiences I ever had was as a decathlete. I finished fifth in the nation my senior year of high school. I had no training or nothing.
Adrian Peterson isn't running by committee.
It doesn't take science to know that when you have head-to-head collisions, there's going to be some effect.
