Quotes About Success

Publishing a novel was such a proud thing for me. When I was a kid, I used to say to my mum and dad, 'I'm going to write a book. You'll see.' So when I did ,and it was published, and people liked it, it was great.

Johnson Publishing Co. has always had a first-class image. And until the day I die, I want to keep that image.

When you get a song placed with two of the top stars in the world, like Rihanna and Eminem, especially as a new writer, they're gonna take a huge chunk of your publishing. That's just the way the business is. I'm not complaining.

I don't think anyone's career is so big that they can't know where their major synchs are or where their publishing is going.

When I was doing it, I just thought, 'I'm going to do this because it's fun.' I wasn't writing for a publisher or a publishing model; I didn't really think about it, but then, somehow, it worked out in my favor.

We didn't know anything about publishing. The first go-around we didn't make a nickel.

What makes a publishing house great? The easy answer is the consistency with which it produces books of value over a lengthy period of time.

For a passer that's probably the key, having the Jonathan Cheechoos, the Glen Murrays, the Joe Pavelskis, the Patty Marleaus, the list goes on and on and on the guys that I've played with over the years who put the puck in the back of the net.

The proof is in the pudding. If you put your mind and hard work and prayer into what you do, it will happen.

Some of our best fighters are not only Puerto Rican greats but all-time greats of the sport. Carlos Ortiz, Wilfredo Gomez, Wilfredo Benitez and Felix 'Tito' Trinidad and many others have made Puerto Rican boxing what it is today, and I am only an extension of their greatness.

I just want to go down as one of the best Puerto Rican and best Latin fighters ever.

I had been successful in Japan, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, but nothing in the U.S. where it really matters.

I was ballet dancing at four, playing piano by six, and doing commercials by 12. When I was 21, I was on the number one live comedy show in Puerto Rico. I told my parents, 'I'm going to New York to become a performer.' And I left.

There's people who I admire like... Dr. Dre, Puff Daddy, Master P, people who built their stuff and are still going.

Puff Daddy is a great party thrower. He goes down in the history books.

I'm the only artist who got paid by Puff, like really, really, paid.

If I could have anybody I haven't had, I'd want to interview somebody like Jay-Z or Puff Daddy, pick their minds a little bit.

Everyone who knows Puff knows Puff rolls with himself. His hustle is money. That's what he does.

I don't want to be a rap star. I want you to see me and just say, 'That's Mase,' not 'That's Puff Daddy and Mase,' you know.

When Puffy asked me to do the video, I said yes. Cuz it's all about the Benjamins!

One could get locked in by the Pulitzer, thinking, 'This is who I am.' Doors open with it, but doors in your mind could close.

I was in 27 Broadway plays, and three of them got the Pulitzer Prize.

You become a great composer when you win a Pulitzer. But I think that now it's a completely meaningless award.

The Pulitzer is a crapshoot. Your piece has to hit a few people the right way at the right moment.