Wyclef Jean Quotes

I went from just a regular nappy-headed kid in poverty to Amar'e Stoudemire, New York Knicks captain superstar. But there's a lot in between that allowed me to get from point A to point B.

I just want people to know you can get through stuff. I hope people can see that in what my life has been and where it is going.

I had to overcome challenge after challenge in order to take my life from nothing to living my dreams.

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

When you get punched, you have to get up. You have no other choice. If you don't, you're not going to grow, you're not going to get better as a player.

When people see what I have now, they have no idea of where I came from and how I didn't have anything growing up.

One of my biggest influences of all time would probably be one of my soccer coaches, Coach Darlington, from high school. He was always trying to get me to push myself really hard. No excuses. I always hated him, but it paid off. I think that's what life is all about... when you push through the hard stuff and it pays off.

When I graduated from Parsons School of Design, the dean at that time said I would never be a designer. Obviously I didn't listen.

I think it's the same for everyone in any walk of life - if people put you down, you want to prove a point.

When you come back on top after you've fallen, it's a better story.

Learn from this, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Hell does have an exit, and I found it. For those who are still looking for a way out, I left the door open and I'll be waiting for whoever wants to grow with me.

Accomplishment comes from making positive efforts, even in the face of negative circumstances.

Sometimes you have to suffer a little bit in your youth to motivate yourself to succeed in later life. If Bill Gates had got laid in high school, do you think there'd be a Microsoft?

When you feel gloomy, think what has been done within the last year. How, rising from nothing.

We should take heart from our own experience and performance. In a cynical world we have become an inspiration to many.

All the people who knock me down, only inspire me to do better.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

In difficult times, we're not supposed to quit believing; we're not supposed to quit growing.

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.

Some of my lowest points were the most exciting opportunities to push through to be a better person.

I've been the teenage success, I've been homeless and driving around in my car and not knowing where to eat. You just want to keep working and learning, and I was doing that. If I hadn't done 'Wild Bill,' I'm sure I would have acted in something else.

Some people are born with very little; some are fortunate enough to have it all. When I grew up, we didn't have much. I had to hustle to get what I wanted... but I had that hunger for more. I didn't always make the right choices, but I learned from my mistakes.

You want to get better even after people smash you down. You want to be better than you were before.

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

I had teachers who said I was not good enough. So, I said I will become good enough. So I became this guy who became obsessed to become good enough. Now I sit down and tell people who I was. Now, I say, 'Do you know who I am?'