“We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch usanything more than that would be too much...”

“Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.”

“What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times.”

“Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.”

“I tried to treat them like me and some of them weren't.”

“He told me he couldn't wait for the basketball season to end, so he could go back to baseball and get out of shape.”

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

“But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself.”

“The road to success is always under construction”