Rodney King Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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 difference.”

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

“I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it.”

“Nice guys just don't finish first in the music industry.”

“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.”

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

“I tell myself time heals. It really does.”

“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.”

“The trouble that they see me in is a part of my life that I'm working on.”

“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 people are thinking? Do they know who I am? What do they think about what happened? Do they blame me for the all those people who died?'”