We cannot continue to get caught up in having material abundance and yet be fundamentally and spiritually broke.

Our obsession with material things and lack of self-worth is evident in our need for an abundance of momentary luxuries and must-have amenities that have no true value for real, man. And I mean, we do it just to impress people that could care less if your children or your children's children have anything left to show for your life after you gone.

(I'm) much more ... standoffish and hot headed, more intense (than Rashad). Not so dead set on doing the right thing more so than the right now thing; at that age anyway.

Danger is ever-present in life, more for some than others.

It has to be understood that the world doesn't exist with people who are exactly like us.

I'm not going to do red jeans. No green jeans. I don't do Vans and that's the style right now. I don't want to show my socks when I'm wearing jeans.

I know what it's like to be told by your teacher that you'll never amount to anything.