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.

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.

When you have a sense of your own identity and a vision of where you want to go in your life, you then have the basis for reaching out to the world and going after your dreams for a better life.

I define myself by everything that I love, everything I can create, everything that I can imagine.

I've worked in the prison system for five years, and most of those folks in prison didn't have a direction.

Most people are defined by their titles, their cars, their house, where they came from, their color, their race, their religion. And so it's up to you to take control of your own life and define you. As long as you understand who you are and you have a solid foundation of understanding what your talents are, what your skills are.

To know yourself is the first and most important step in pursuing your dreams and goals.