Jesse White

Do something to make your community a better place to live.

My kids know that as long as they're part of the tumbling team, they're safe in the community.

I have a center at 412 West Chicago Avenue. It's called the Jesse White Community Center and Fieldhouse. It's a state-of-the-art gymnastics facility, game room, weight room, computer lab.

You cannot force a child to use their limbs if they're in pain.

I want to encourage all parents to read to their children because it helps them to become better educated, better informed.

Instead of going to spring training, I went to basic training.

I was a public aid recipient for about nine years as a kid, and this time of year was always tough sledding, so I just committed myself to doing something good for someone at Thanksgiving, and especially Christmas.

When you're with a person for a long period of time, you get to know what they can and can't do.

If you ask a young man from my team, 'Would you rather deal with police or with White?' they'll tell you 'police' every time.

When you give young people an opportunity to use their time wisely, we support them, and when we do that, we support ourselves.

I find it reprehensible that anyone would seek to denigrate the legacy of Dr. King in any way.

Taxation is probably one of the biggest problems this state is facing, especially in Cook County. I think Cook County is one of the counties a lot of people don't want to live in anymore.