The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name.

Racism is real in this country.

We also cannot allow Wall Street banks to rewrite the Second Amendment just because they're too big to fail.

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.

In my opinion, baseball is as big a business as anything there is. It has to be a business, the way it is conducted.

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

And what's interesting, and I don't think a lot of Americans understand this fact, is that, one, most new jobs are created by small businesses; two, most small businesses pay tax at the individual...

I always want to create and do things, or draw.

I wasn't born to a wealthy or powerful family - mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.

You know, when you don't go on TV and talk about how many women you sleep with, some people in Hollywood, that are supposedly 'in the know,' start whispering that you're gay. If I were gay, I wouldn't...

You make 'em, I amuse 'em.

My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke my heart. I think part of my interest in art had to do with his...

My dad never missed a day of work, and he was always smiling when he came home.

It cannot be said that the Constitution formed 'the people of the United States,' for all time, into a corporation. It does not speak of 'the people' as a corporation, but as individuals. A...

The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere with their institution in the states, I have constantly denied.

Whether one admired or was repulsed by the positions he took on matters foreign and domestic, it is undeniable that Reagan's ability to project anger was highly attractive to his most passionate...

Successful people breed success.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

If I were to make an uneducated guess about L.A.'s relationship with folk and psychedelia, I would say it must be the weather.

I have a great wife and it's very easy to be romantic because it makes her happy and then my life is so much better when she's happy.

I don't understand why every guy is not a romantic. I enjoy it.

Someone told me the smile on my face gets bigger when I play the guitar.

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security.

America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the...

I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window.

When in doubt, don't.

I think that anybody that stays in school, gets good grades, pays the price, I think we are wealthy enough in the public and the private sector in America to make sure that every child in America that...

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.