If you have enough push, you don't have to worry about the pull.
If you're going to start a company, it's not going to be in the millions of dollars, but it's going to be something - for a lot of these kids - out of the trunk of their car, the same way that I did.
I've always been very self-motivated.
An adolescent is both an impulsive child and a self-starting adult.
No alarm clock needed. My passion wakes me up.. !
Waiting for opportunities in the entertainment industry is an impossibility; they are not coming. You have to make your own.
Initiative is doing the right things without being told.
I really started from grassroots, without a handout or anything.
Being from a small town, no one else was going to breathe life into my ideas other than me, so I had to go out there and do it.
The opportunity of a lifetime is to pick yourself. Quit waiting to get picked; quit waiting for someone to give you permission; quit waiting for someone to say you are officially qualified... and pick yourself.
Start writing sooner. Don't wait for permission. Don't hesitate.
Don't sit around and wait for the opportunities to come. You have to get up and make those opportunities come.
I was a cheerleader in grammar school. There were no cheerleaders in that school I made them have them.
Part of me is very entrepreneurial.
If you are fearful, choose courage. If you frequently procrastinate, choose to take action now. If you have always waited for others to lead, use your own initiative.
We'd never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.
Do not wait for orders from headquarters. Mount up, everybody, and ride to the sound of the gun.
I got my start by giving myself a start.
I'm going to create my own opportunities. If I can't find the roles I want, I'll just make them.
I started with nothing. Zero.
I started my career without fans.
When I came in the game, it was just me making beats in Inglewood at YG's house; it wasn't nobody to help me.
Don't wait for anyone to deputize you or authorize you or empower you. You have to just start out with yourself...and put one foot in front of the other.
Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
The people who are going to be succeeding are not going to be waiting around for anyone's permission.