You have to develop a very thick skin.
Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives of their children. That if they do, there has to be some sort of ulterior motive.
It's not the gentle part I have a problem with, it's the dull, stupid part.
I've learned that anything is possible.
It's easier to believe in yourself after someone else has believed in you first.
Do you have the discipline to be a free spirit?