"People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."

"I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving in."

"I felt that I had a right to stay where I was. I just felt that I had been there long enough, and I was not going to move."

"I was a person with a sense of dignity and self-respect, and I did not want to be abused."

"You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right."