"I was the first to refuse the draft. I was the first to speak out against the Vietnam War. I was the first to call the white man the devil."

"I'm not going to be what you want me to be. I'm going to be what I want to be."

"Don't count the days, make the days count."

"Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."

"I'm a good man, I'm a smart man, I'm a fast man, I'm a bad man."