If not shown appreciation, it gets to you.

You can't win if you don't play as a unit.

When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal with in a very serious and determined way if you're going to beat it.

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.