Marcus Garvey Quotes

I'd been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings.

Her continuity - you know, if you connect Harriet Tubman, who died in 1913, to Rosa Parks, born in 1913, you get this extraordinary spectrum of the African-American experience.

Negro President

Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I'm on today.

I'd love to talk with Martin Luther King, just to hear his voice up close and be with someone who had such faith. He had such power.

I think that Abraham Lincoln probably did more to trick negroes than any other man in history.

Negroes, like other people, act upon motives. Why should they do anything for us, if we will do nothing for them? If they stake their lives for us, they must be prompted by the strongest motive, even the promise of freedom. And the promise being made, must be kept.

I want to play Martin Luther King. That is absolutely a role and a character who is important to the landscape of the world that I really want to play.

I realized that my grandfather walked with Martin Luther King forty years ago. That was his dream. And in his little way, he helped us get closer to where we are today.

I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people.

A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential; a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself.

The need for raising the awareness of this shameful chapter in U.S. history is more apparent than ever.

Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.

If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

It is over one hundred years since the abolition of slavery. The Negro people in the United States have taken plenty and they have reached a stage where they have decided that they are not going to take any more.

Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and you are the change that you want to see, then that's what you are.

The first African-American leader was Dr. Martin Luther King.

I don't intimidate anyone. Instead, I try to get people to believe in themselves.

My all-time heroes are Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two men who had to really work to achieve what they did. And I had the privilege of meeting them both.

The person I am every single day is the person that's growing and getting better. The more people look up to me, the more important it is to be concise with what message I want to leave. That's where I feel like I'm a role model. Maybe not to everyone, but for a lot of minorities, I am, and I kinda love that - the role model for the underdog.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

I majored in Southern history in college, and much of my early work at my first job - as a staff writer at 'Memphis' magazine - focused on race relations.

I love inspiring people and helping them to reach their potential.

Leadership is one of the things I really strive to excel in in my life.

Transformed people transform people.