“I'm American. Why didn't I say I was African American? Because I'm in a foreign country? But can I really consider myself to be in a foreign country when I could go walking back to my own country right now if I wanted, and it wouldn't even take very long? Does this mean that in some places I'm American and in some places I'm African American and in other places, by logical extension, I'm nobody?”

“Intelligence comes with hard work and curiosity for the unknown.”

“Nothing good ever comes of love. What comes of love is always something better”

“Money is the most corrosive aspect of life today because it means that all attention to detail is forgotten.”

“I'm a storyteller: the crux of the matter is to reach beauty, poetry; it doesn't matter if that is comedy or tragedy. They're the same if you reach the beauty.”

“Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.”

“Leopard is an animal design, and my designs come from nature.”

“If I had the medical clearance to fight, I would want to fight the best. The best would be Mayweather.”

“I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player.”

“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth.”

“I really admire a woman for her intelligence, her personality. Beauty is not enough.”