Having a vision for your life allows you to live out of hope, rather than out of your fears.

You know and we have about 60 to 70 percent black men in prison today and it's because of the negativity they have in their own hearts.

I'm pretty grounded on my own passion - writing books, you know, doing programs, speaking around the country. And I love what I do.

It's not what you have at the end of life, it's what you leave behind that matters.

To pursue success effectively, you must build supportive relationships that will help you work toward your goals. To build those relationships, you need to trust others; and to earn their trust, you in turn must learn to be trustworthy.

And whenever you encounter a problem, no matter how insurmountable it might seem, there is one simple response that should be ingrained in your behavior: Never give up.

You know, you're living in a society where if you say something that you might think may be OK, when it's more sensitive to that particular culture. You have to be very, very careful.