Now I'm his dad, I live for [my son]. I have a responsibility. It's a big responsibility.

Attention shifted to him like sunflowers turning to the sun.

Watch your back, but more importantly when you get out the shower, dry your back. Its a cold world out there.

The other day the grass was brown, now its green cuz I ain't give up. Never surrender.

The key is to enjoy life, because they don't want you to enjoy life.

They'll try to close the door on you... Just open it.

When you stop making excuses and you work hard and go hard you will be very successful.

Almond milk + cinnamon crunch = major key to success.

In life everyone has a choice. The key is: make a right choice.

To succeed, you must believe. When you believe, you will succeed.

The key is to be honest. Be honest, but don't play yourself.

Fear leads to no where but to ground zero.

Obama better understood community organisation and peer-to-peer communication than any recent candidate, and we are applying that lesson.

Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward.

I have no idea where I'm going but here's the real question: What am I doing here in the first place?

You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.

Education is an organic necessity of a human being.

They who plough the sea do not carry the winds in their hands.

You can say anything you want to say about me. But don't you dare address overweight people with terrible names and ugly remarks. That is what upsets me.

A strong-willed child - a strong-willed child, more than anyone else, needs to learn to use emotion and discussion to resolve issues. That's the last child in the whole world you want to hit.

These are the pieces of my youth, the small secrets and the not-so-great expectations that defined my coming of age.