I have always been a learner because I knew nothing.

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. It was so blatant... I had never been so described as Florida described me.

I knew what it was to be uncomfortable in a movie theater watching unfolding on the screen images of myself - not me, but black people - that were uncomfortable.

So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.

But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.