The only things that were available to me were either be a laborer or be a drug dealer. So I became an armed robber. It was a lot simpler.

When people clap for me I say, don't clap for me, clap for what God has done.

I didn't make a deal with God, because you can't make a deal with God. He put me here to talk to kids and to talk to drunks and help addicts. He gave me this "job" which makes it a lot easier to get through to people.

I never imagined that I'd be out of prison.

Everything good that's ever happened to me came out of helping others.

Let me tell you something. When I was young, I was an armed robber. I did robberies. And there's no adrenaline rush like that. When you're using drugs and doing robberies, it's hard to distinguish whether you're doing robberies to support your drug habit, or doing drugs to support your robbery habit.

Anybody over 40 is an older person. You better give them some respect.