“I want people to follow their dreams, yes... but I'm not interested in...” — J. Cole Quote

“I want people to follow their dreams, yes... but I'm not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers... I want to show them that there's so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player.”

“I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That's why now, even when I get tired, I think, 'This is what I asked for.'”

“People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.”

“I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.”

“Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.”

“I'm here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don't follow what you've been told you're supposed to do.”

“As much as I enjoy TV, I've always loved radio. And I love doing the NFL games, the Monday night games, on radio. Because you are the game. I really enjoyed calling basketball and hockey on the radio, but the presentation is more specific - you're talking all the time.”

“I had no experience with broadcasting basketball games, so I took a tape recorder and went to a playground where there was a summer league, and I stood up in the top of the stands and I called the game.”

“I usually just speak in English when I'm on the basketball court. For some reason, my mind never even tried to cross any other language when I'm playing basketball.”

“I always wanted to be a basketball player.”

“I'm not a boxer, I'm a basketball player.”

“If you like basketball, you enjoy watching good basketball. And if you don't like watching good basketball, go watch rowing.”