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

The importance of high expectations plays a big role.

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

The importance of education plays a huge role.

We're not products of our environments, we're products of our expectations.

I began at some point to understand the whole idea of accountability and responsibility and leadership, and I think that was something that really birthed something in me, where I knew I wanted to be part of a larger equation in our society.

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