Whenever you write something down, it promotes a more focused way of thinking. When ideas only live in your mind, it's easy for you to lose track of them. Even if they're extremely powerful, they get lost in the stream of new information that's constantly entering your head. [...] Once it's on paper or your computer file, it's there forever. Staring you back in the face whenever you look at it. Whether or not you act on it is still up to you, but at least you won't forget it. Once you have it down on paper, you're setting yourself up to make something valuable happen.

- from Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter book by Curtis Jackson

Confidence is great, but too much of it can make a fighter vulnerable. Before a fight, a boxer should have butterflies. They should be a little nervous. They should feel like they're about to run into someone who's going to try to kill them, because that's exactly what's going to happen.

- from Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter book by Curtis Jackson

No matter what you've accomplished, you're never done competing. I've sold over 30 million records, but every time I step in the booth I know I'm about to be measured up. Not against anyone else, either. Against myself.

- from Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter book by Curtis Jackson

What really separates me from the pack is that I'm willing to hustle harder and make more sacrifices than 99 percent of the population.

- from Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter book by Curtis Jackson

I am extremely serious about the value of hard work. I believe it creates not only success but happiness, too. You can never feel satisfied if you're not applying yourself to something you're passionate about.

- from Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter book by Curtis Jackson

To achieve lasting success, you have to strive for balance when building your team. If you only surround yourself with people from your past, then chances are the past is where you'll be stuck. But if you abandon the people who were in the trenches with you for people you've just met - the ones who might be charismatic but have never proved anything to you - you're probably going to get burned.

- from Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter book by Curtis Jackson