When I Set Out To Become An

I Was Born Two Months Early, And Everyone Had Given Up On Me. But My Mother Insisted On My Life.

I Do Know That I'm Responsible Not For What Happens, But For What I Make Of It.

I Was Fortunate Enough To Have Been Raised To A Certain Point Before I Got Into The Race Thing. I Had Other Views Of What A Human Is, So I Was Never Able To See Racism As The Big Question. Racism Was Horrendous, But There Were Other Aspects To Life.

I'd Seen My Father. He Was A Poor Man, And I Watched Him Do Astonishing Things.

So I Had To Be Careful. I Recognized The Responsibility That, Whether I Liked It Or Not, I Had To Accept Whatever The Obligation Was. That Was To Behave In A Manner, To Carry Myself In Such A Professional Way, As If There Ever Is A Reflection, It's A Positive One.