"At an early age, my mother gave me this feeling that anything is possible, and I believe that."
"We live in an age where everything is based on the short term."
"My mother taught me something at a young age - she said 'you are the company you keep'. To define yourself by some label or some level of resources - that's pretty shallow."
"I was born on the other side of the tracks, in public housing in Brooklyn, New York. My dad never made more than $20,000 a year, and I grew up in a family that lost health insurance. So I was scarred at a young age with understanding what it was like to watch my parents lose access to the American dream."
"I was working probably at the age of 10, when I had my first paper route. I had every different kind of job you could possibly imagine as a young kid."
