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… — Rodney King Copy Share
I want to be remembered by: Can't we all just get along? You know? And like I say, I know I shouldn't have been… — Rodney King Copy Share
Anybody can get bigheaded once they know the seat cannot be pulled out from under them. — Rodney King Copy Share
Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym. — Rodney King Copy Share
You know, my mom, she's a little older than me. Her history in watching, you know, police violence and violence, period, over the years… — Rodney King Copy Share
I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for… — Rodney King Copy Share
When I leave here, when my final day on this earth is up, I want to leave in peace. I want to have peace… — Rodney King Copy Share
As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me.… — Rodney King Copy Share
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… — Rodney King Copy Share
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… — Rodney King Copy Share
When I came here almost nine years ago our economy was troubled and our nation was divided. — Rodney King Copy Share
So my attorney, he told me that, you know, he said if it wasn't a guilty verdict, that there could be looting and rioting. — Rodney King Copy Share
All the civil rights leaders and people who died, black and white, you know, Mexican, Chinese, black, you name it, all the ones who… — Rodney King Copy Share
