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I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's what gave me my drive to succeed, the upward mobility I've been after my whole life.

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.

I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working.

I am proud to have been capable of giving people hope again.

Hope makes people good, a lot of the time. You hope for a brighter future, and resentment is outweighed.

I had hoped when my life was chronicled, it would be an inspirational story.

I'm doing pretty good for myself, and I'm very proud and very humbled at where I'm at, and I'm extremely blessed.

With this book, I truly hope to reach everyone that I don't bump into on the street and share my story.

I hope to God that the inner strength that will vindicate my deeds will in good time spring forth from my own people. I have done as I had to on the prompting of my inner voice.

I am going to spend my time today just thanking the people that played a role in my career, because I truly do believe that I was blessed by a lot of people that paths crossed mine as I went down the road in my career.