I'm not an American hero. I'm a person who loves children.

"If you can't hold [children] in your arms, please hold them in your heart."

"Being black does not stop you. You can sit out in the world and say, "Well, white people kept me back, and I can't do this." Not so. You can have anything you want if you make up your mind and you want it."

"Until I die, I'm going to keep doing. My people need me. They need somebody that's not taking from them and is giving them something."

"When I'm gone, somebody else will take it up and do it. This is how we've lived all these years."