I seen a lot of artists be hot for a minute, and then that’s it, and somebody else come in.

If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.

Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I’m pretty sure we both know what we’re doing.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.

Sometimes I wonder why I’m a novelist right now. There is no definite career reason why I became a writer. Something happened, and I became a writer. And now I’m a successful writer.

History shows us that in times of people feeling like they are in need of some sort of rebellion or protests, the artists rise because the poetry we create about pain and its relationship to culture in the world begins to soothe and heal people who are feeling confused or afraid.

I’m just a kid that defied the odds. I’m just a kid that ignored the doubt. I’m just a kid from a little place in Dublin, Ireland, that went all the way, and I’m going to continue to go all the way.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it’s a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop.

‚Soul Plane‘ put me in a position to succeed. I’m glad I had the opportunity to be the lead man.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.

I try to use my experience and the fact that I grew up in the ghetto – I tell people you don’t have to rob or steal to get out of the ghetto.

I don’t know who I touch and who I don’t. I work hard trying to make people laugh. I try to do the kind of stuff that made me laugh growing up. I don’t have any secrets. I don’t know the reasons I’ve been so well received.

Like so many American families, our families weren’t asking for much. They didn’t begrudge anyone else’s success or care that others had much more than they did… in fact, they admired it.

You can’t try to do things; you simply must do them.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

I think we’re about ready for a new feeling to enter music. I think that will come from the Arabic world.

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it’s their fault.

My goal is to be number one in MMA.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

That nice, soft pillow and the warm blanket, and it’s all comfortable, and no one wants to leave that comfort – but if you can wake up early in the morning, get a head start on everyone else that’s still sleeping, get productive time doing things that you need to do – that’s a huge piece to moving your life forward.

I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Basically, I’m one of the greatest producers ever. And I’m also one of the greatest DJs ever. And I’m also one of the best executives ever.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

Overcoming fear is the first step to success for entrepreneurs. The winners all exemplify that, and the hard work and commitment they have shown underlines what is needed to set up a business.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

Only the public can make a star. It’s the studios who try to make a system out of it.

In 2013, the week before I dropped ‚Crenshaw,‘ ‚Complex‘ wrote an article that said that Nipsey Hussle is one of the top 25 underperforming artists. I was so offended that I responded with my own opinion about these journalists – their point of view is not validated in our culture.

We can succeed only by concert. It is not, ‚Can any of us imagine better,‘ but, ‚Can we all do better?‘

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Football is a team game and none can survive or excel without the help of the other.

Men weren’t always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.

How many emperors and how many princes have lived and died and no record of them remains, and they only sought to gain dominions and riches in order that their fame might be ever-lasting.

I met my husband before I became a star, and he doesn’t care about any of it.

A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.

A good boxing competition gives one the sight of fine men in their prime, trained to the ounce, showing the highest skill, pluck and endurance in carrying out their attack and defence under strict rules of fair play and good temper.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars; there’s a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that.

Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.

It’s what counts, isn’t it, on the Sunday, rather than pre-season testing. If you lock up, you do a little mistake, it’s nothing, but if you do it on Sunday, you lose a place or you have to box for a flat spot or something like that. It’s a much bigger problem.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

In the absence of sound oversight, responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

What’s amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It’s so far away in time that they can’t appreciate what it means for their whole life.