“I think it's impossible to be a young black male from the South, born ...” — Orlando Jones Quote

“I think it's impossible to be a young black male from the South, born to an era I was born in, and not have a clear sense of what race really means in the country.”

“You give the guy an Image Award three years in a row and then turn on him like that? If that's the role they want to fulfill, they need to send a clearer message.”

“I sort of fell in love with the idea that we all love things that we're not supposed to, and that, often, that love is also 'tainted.' I wrapped it in sort of a graphic novel theme, and out of that came 'Tainted Love.'”

“I want to be the greatest. The greatest that ever played, regardless of position or era.”

“You should always know when you're shifting gears in life. You should leave your era; it should never leave you.”

“My career spanned the era when relievers started to become more important.”