"Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals."

"What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like acting, I enjoy it and I want people to know that I am serious. The name thing: I will always be L.L. Cool J."

"Do what you love; you'll be better at it. It sounds pretty simple, but you'd be surprised how many people don't get this one right away."

"What I like to do is just make good music, good movies, hopefully perform a good show full of energy and just have some fun."

"The silent observer understands that the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."

"True knowledge is found not in possessing answers, but in continually asking the right questions. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The darkest nights often reveal that the truest form of bravery is vulnerability."

"It is a unyielding truth that humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect — an essential principle for the reflective life."