“Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off. ~Kevin Hart, comedian
“I know some people say ‘keep your eyes on the prize,’ but I disagree. When your eyes are stuck on the prize, you’re going to keep stumbling and crashing into things. If you really want to get ahead, you’ve got to keep your eyes focused on the path.” ~Russell Simmons, hip-hop mogul
“I think African Americans are resilient and hustlers by nature. I think they need to understand that you can take that hustle to the boardroom, but it has to be an education process.” ~Star Jones; lawyer, journalist, and television personality
“The next home-going service at your church could be yours. And the most important thing on that day won’t be the amount of flowers that surround your casket or how well the choir sings your favorite hymn. The only thing that will matter is how well you use that dash between the day you were born and the day you die.†~Steve Harvey; comedian and talk show host
“If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut; Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have. The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.†Magic Johnson; retired professional basketball player and business magnate
“My father used to say to me, ‘The only limit to your success is your own imagination.’ I actually believed that–like, I’m still coming to terms with the fact that I might not be an Olympic figure skater. I’m sure there are barriers. I have just chosen not to acknowledge them.”~Shonda Rhimes, showrunner
“You have to define your own standards for success. Don’t let other people tell you you’re successful or not.”~ Will Packer, Hollywood producer