“When I left for college, my mom really latched on to the dog; She star...” — Jennine Capó Crucet Quote

When I left for college, my mom really latched on to the dog; She started buying him little outfits and calling him our brother, but that's as far as it got.

I was a first-generation college student as well as the first in our family to be born in America - my parents were born in Cuba - and we didn't yet know that families were supposed to leave pretty much right after they unloaded your stuff from the car.

My parents were more surprised that I wanted to go away for school than anything. They didn't really understand the benefits.

You leave home, and then when you come back, you have a kind of perspective that you didn't have before that in some way problematizes your relationship with your family. You just start to be able to have a sort of double vision about them and who they are and how you grew up that can be really painful.

It was difficult for me, honestly. But I did it to myself. And my time at Leeds, as bad as it did go, was very important. It was a big moment in my career as far as my development.

When Washington State has been good, they've always had a connection to Southern California. You know, as far as visiting, that's different than recruiting. Recruiting is based on production and players, who you can get. You know, so, the nicest parts of Southern California aren't necessarily the best players.

Me, personally, I don't really care about as far as being the highest-paid receiver, man. It's a number.

As far as rapping goes, as long as you are telling the truth and you have a good flow, then you win.