Do you think that we're products of our environments? I think so, or maybe products of our expectations. Others' expectations of us or our expectations. I mean others' expectations that you take on as your own. I realize how difficult it is to seperate the two. The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves.

Potential is universal, opportunity is not.

The young men in our city are not problems to be solved. They are opportunities to be unleashed.

My mother is extraordinary; she's a superwoman, like so many other single mothers who are out there.

Kids need to think that you care before they care what you think.

The importance of education plays a huge role.

The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves.