What people are perceiving will dictate what their life and ultimately what your interaction is.

You can cry, ain't no shame in it.

The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.

For me, the greater purpose of the story is just to illuminate some pattern of human truth.

Haters are the people who will broadcast your failures and whisper your success.

There's so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I've got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by their kids, and doing the right thing as a father - and how come that's not as newsworthy?

Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.