Keep your dreams ALIVE. No matter how hard it gets, no matter how many people talk about you; they're going to throw dirt on you but that's alright, when they put you in that box (after your dead), they're going to put dirt on you some more, so that's okay - GO, don't be afraid, have NO FEAR.

There was our house in New Orleans. Two blocks in front of us were these beautiful mansions and two blocks behind us were the ghetto, projects, and that's where I had to go to school, but I would always pattern my life looking forward. It was almost literal.

The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.

Statistics say that I'm supposed to be in jail. And I'm not supposed to be alive.

If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary.

I got 27 people livin in my head and all of them was about to beat the heck out of you for doin that.

There were only 3 people that I wanted to meet in life, Nelson Mandela was one of them. What a life, what a journey, what a man. Thank you for passing this way! God bless your resting soul!