SundayFeb 08, 2026
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.
Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.
I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.
I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't move and you can't take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is no wonder that we sometimes seem rudderless.... We see basketball players and pop singers as possible role models.
You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'
The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, 'Let's see if he can juggle another one.'
Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number One.
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