Really, the potential for, first of all, any college graduate today is enormously good. These are good times for anyone with a college degree today, particularly African Americans. With a college degree today, you really breach the unemployment rate.

Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.

I was the first in my family to graduate college.

You don't need a four-year college degree if you have burning ambition or a great plan.

My whole life, they said, 'Do not act. You need to get a college degree'.

It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree.