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The youth are very important to me, they're the next generation, but I want to instill in kids, even in playing, that it's never too late and there's no right or wrong way to do anything.

I spent five years of my youth in prison - some very bad prisons.

I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.

Why does crime happen? Well, you might say that it's because youths don't have jobs. Or you might say that's because the doors of our buildings are not fortified enough. Given some limited funds to spend, you can either create yet another national employment program or you can equip houses with even better cameras, sensors, and locks.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Every child has a right to learn in an environment that is safe.

Kids should be naughty and go through that rebellious phase I didn't have.

I went through quite a few establishments that maybe weren't great for myself - security units, youth-offender places. I guess that was going to the lions' den. Social services said, 'You've got to go to some sort of school.'

Kids need activities and role models to stay out of trouble.

I do beseech you to direct your efforts more to preparing youth for the path and less to preparing the path for the youth.