Sophomore year, I got hit in the stomach playing football, and I was out of school for four months. I was in the hospital for two and then out of school for two.

Our biggest regrets are not for the things we have done but for the things we haven't done.

I had my two front teeth knocked out by a sixth grader in first grade.

When you realize you're alive, you can live life!

I have a necklace around my neck that my lady gave me, so I try never to leave home without that.

I just want to be healthy and happy. I don't want to hurt anybody or make them mad. If that's a philosophy then that's my philosophy.

I never have actually had a girl who's made me laugh before.

I want to get to a point in my career where I can be a good role model.

Trust me, high school ends. You graduate and get away from all the people you never want to see again-it's all good.

I idolize my father. I mean, he has worked so hard in his life.

I hated high school. I didn't have any friends because I didn't fit in.

When we hold-on to someone's imperfections we become emotionally pair-bonded to their maladies.

Evolution on the large scale unfolds, like much of human history, as a succession of dynasties.

Sometimes, the hardest foster children to take are teenage boys, which I was one, and I was never adopted or anything, and so I think if people up more for teenage boys, that might be beneficial.

It was easy to leave the art world after I found out that it was just another corporation. When they told me I had to create the same thing, I rebelled.

Love is what we are in our essence, and the more love we feel in our hearts, the more it will be brought to us.

What greater restoratives have we poor mortals than a good meal taken in the company of loving friends?

Everybody who comes from the gangster life - they want what that man in the suburbs wants. Nice family. Nice house. Nice cars. Bills paid. Kids in school. Food on the table. Nothing more.

You make yourself strong because it's expected of you. You become confident because someone beside you is unsure. You turn into the person others need you to be.

Drinking goes with everything, there's always an excuse to drink. We sell beer and liquor 24/7/365 everywhere, you can buy a 5th of vodka at 3am on Easter Sunday if you want.

I want someone to love me, for who I am; I want someone to need me, is that so bad?