“Do you know, if I go to a Jewish school, them kids are quiet. If I go ...” — Eric D. Thomas Quote

Do you know, if I go to a Jewish school, them kids are quiet. If I go to a white school, them kids quiet. If I go to a Latino school, they quiet. The only kids that disrespect me is black kids. That's it - my own are the only ones that disrespect me.

Most kids just follow the cycle. My grandfather didn't finish high school. My father didn't, and I didn't. But you can break the cycle. You can have a successful marriage and be a good father.

In my estimation, there are four kinds of people that live on this earth: average, good, great, and phenomenal. Phenomenal is like Mother Theresa. She's dead, but we still talk about her on a regular basis. That's phenomenal.

When you want to succeed as bad as you want breathe, then you will be successful.

We should not allow our republic, which was established with our sacrifice, to disintegrate. This would amount to disrespect for the heroes who sacrificed everything for the Republic of Indonesia.

I don't like 7-footers shooting threes, it's a disrespect to the game for me.

I would never disrespect the fans that helped me get to who I am.

No disrespect to Kevin McCloud, Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer, but that's the last thing I want to watch when I get home.

When you're remaking it, you shouldn't disrespect the original song. I think, that's why filmmakers want me to recreate songs, because I'm able to do that.