I tell myself time heals. It really does..

For a long time, sure, I was letting the pressure of being Rodney King get to me. It ain't easy. Even now, I walk into a place wondering, 'What peopl….

What I've learned to do is arrest my addiction - arrest it myself, so I don't get arrested..

We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us..

People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like that and stay out of troub….

Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym..

Anybody can get bigheaded once they know the seat cannot be pulled out from under them..

It's happening right now... it's just not on film, it's not being recorded..

I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint..

I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal with it. No one wants to be mad in their own hou….

You know, before when (the police went) to work, they used to be like, 'I'm gonna kick somebody's ass today and so I hope I can catch somebody in a b….

Obama, he wouldn't have been in office without what happened to me and a lot of black people before me. He would never have been in that situation, n….

Over the years, a lot of rappers - Lil' Wayne, Ice Cube - have used my name in their songs. I'm a real touchstone of history..

As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up ….

I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that poi….

I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vise. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me..

As a black man, you run from the cops. It's different now, but back when I was coming up, you run..

We could all get along if we just hang out at iSurfing..

I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a differe….

Why can't we all just get along?.

When I leave here, when my final day on this earth is up, I want to leave in peace. I want to have peace in my heart..