You’re never guaranteed about next year. People ask what you think of next season, you have to seize the opportunities when they’re in front of you.
When in some communities selling drugs is so lucrative that that’s a pretty big enticement that we have to break down. Part of that is by making opportunities and paying decent wages.
When everyone is running the machine, and it’s all working, there’s a tendency to look at the short term and focus on incremental opportunities and not look ahead to the really big opportunities.
Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them.
We must speed up the time table for fathers, brothers and sons to provide their mothers, daughters and sisters with the same opportunities that they give themselves.
I didn’t really enjoy being at college, because I was putting myself through college. We just didn’t have the money. I was responsible for that, so I was constantly looking for scholarships, grants, and work-study opportunities.
