Whatever success I've had, I always like to top it..

When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take 'em..

I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn't changed much in forty-five years. Our hous….

You can't change what happened. Just like you can't change the future by worrying about it. You just have to keep moving..

Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you've learned your lesson..

I can't build myself by beating somebody down..

I'm not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose..

I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman..

If you mess something up, remember who got you there. Don't be pointing fingers, even if finger-pointing is called for. Only one you got to blame is ….

The Bernie Mac Show' is my life. It's the truth, and I'm not ashamed of a minute, an hour, or a second of my life..

I'm very much disciplined because I'm more mature. When I was young I just wanted to live, I could jump, I could run, I was quick and I was relentles….

I have so much respect for what's funny..

It took me a long time to get to where I'm at, in my career and as a man. I was going through my trials and tribulations in life, and it gave me the ….

The two sides of Bernie - that's a quiet weapon that I have..

Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something..

You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish..

I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job..

I took my sports experience to my life on stage. That's why I'm so disciplined. Playing sports, I was always underestimated. I was never picked first….

I'm looking for laughs, you know? If it take me to flip over a table, if I have to go physical comedy, I will do it. But whatever the joke needs at t….

When you're offstage, that's the footprint. That's the man God's gonna judge..

I've never been no superficial cat..