I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age.

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• Johnnie Cochran:

  I'm a big believer in the fact that life is about preparation, preparation, preparation.

• Johnnie Cochran:

  Black jurors sit on juries every day and convict black people every day.

• Johnnie Cochran:

  Since the Puffy Combs case in New York, I will not try any more criminal cases.

• Johnnie Cochran:

  The president appoints the judges. Your lives and your children's lives can change by all of these

• Johnnie Cochran:

  I understand about this idea of terror and what it means to Americans and this idea that we can't j

• Johnnie Cochran:

  In this room we're all here together, but there's probably a lot of different views, people sitting

• Johnnie Cochran:

  We've got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis.

• Johnnie Cochran:

  If you commit perjury in a so-called first-degree murder case, and you're caught red-handed for the

• Johnnie Cochran:

  Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice.

• Johnnie Cochran:

  I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with