"My father was a white man. I mean, I'm half-white. But me don't stand for no white man. Me don't stand for no black man. Me stand for God."

"When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open."

"You know, when you're a child, you don't know what you're doing. You just do it. And when you become a man, you know what you're doing."

"Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold."

"I'm not perfect, I'm not a saint. I'm a man."