1. “The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.”
2. “Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill it’s the impetus to step up and strike.”
3. “Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.”
4. “We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.”
5. “A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.”
6. “I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.”
7. “My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.”
8. “We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, out women as well as our men.”
9. “Success is a journey, not a destination. the doing is often more important than the outcome.”
10. “Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.”
11. “You really are never laying an opponent. you are playing yourself.”
12. “When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.”
13. “Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.”
14. “One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”
15. “Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.”
16. “If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.”
17. “Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really canel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.”
18. “Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.”
19. “You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.”
20. “With what we give, we make life.”
