And so we beat on, books against the critics, borne back ceaslessly into rewrites.

I talk with the authority of failure.

If you start your own thing, you can learn a lot really fast from doing things wrong.

See failures as learning experiences, not character faults.

I feel like I fell short in Rio.

People just see the shine. They don't see the grind, the bags under my eyes. It was a lot of grinding, setbacks... I ain't finna let nothing stop me. Wherever I stop at, I already know who I am.

Life is supposed to be about love and good times, and so I've forgiven myself after paying the consequences of my bad decisions, and I'm ready to move forward and allow my life to be a light to others that it's never over, even for a person like me, who has lost a tremendous amount of respect among my peers, my fans, my friends and family.

The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

That's why I want to change Mississippi. You don't run away from problems - you just face them.

But I think my mistakes became the chemistry for my miracles. I think that my tests became my testimonies.

Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.