As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything.

I'm addicted to food, so if you bring the cake and stuff to my house, I might walk by and take a swipe of icing and keep it moving. So what happens is I try to not keep it around.

This world is too hard for me to leave my kids, without me supervising and being there for them.

My coldest days, my darkest days, ain't no sun out, all I got is my fans. They the only people I ride for. Believe it or not, if you're a real Fat Joe fan, a Terror Squad fan, I do it for ya'll.

Latinos finally have a genre of music that represents them, and they're supporting reggaeton in such huge numbers that people can't help but notice there's a revolution going on.

I was scared to fly for a long time.

I'm a huge fan of the Clintons. I love Hillary; I love Bill.

'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.

Envision what the end result is supposed to be... what do you want to be when you grow up? Where do you see yourself? Once we identify what the painting on the wall is, it is so much easier to bring in the right colors, canvas and brushes to paint that picture.

Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.

It feels as if I never get my just due.

I ain't no Kennedy, I ain't no Diddy Combs, I ain't no Jay Z, I ain't got it like them.

I realized, at a certain point, all my big people were dying. I couldn't see a clearer picture: what's the difference between me and him, of me being in a casket?

When it's all said and done, I want to look back on my career and say I did numerous things.

I make hit records. I make hit records to motivate the people.

It feels like Gangstarr is the purest group in hip-hop. They was shooting videos on the beach in the winter when the water was ice. Razor-blade music.

I love to eat. If I could eat everything in the world and still be healthy or wouldn't catch a heart attack or stroke, I'd eat everything. I just can't. So I got to watch my health and take care of my family.

I don't rate Heat fans like I rate Knicks fans. We are true basketball fans. No matter what - rain, sleet or snow, or even if we don't make it to the playoffs for 10 years - the Garden stands are still full.

I think I weighed about 450/460 at my heaviest. That's huge! That's Fat Joe. And you know, I always took pride in being fat.

After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.

I'm trying to work, be diverse and multi-talented.

For artists, the majority of the money we make comes from us being on the road and touring.

Culturally, the arts of Puerto Rico is really unmatched by any other island.

I'm trying to get in where I fit in and take it to the next level.

I love owning my masters.

There's no such thing as too much. If there's too much, then that's a great thing.

The biggest misconception in the hip-hop industry is that people are only focused on the money. We should just be happy for everybody that is working in the hip-hop culture.

Chances are if I am the one to cosign people, they will become a big part of the industry.

Whenever I come out with a hit record, they'll say, 'Ah, that's because of R. Kelly. Oh, it's because of Ashanti. Oh, he's lucky.'

I love the quality of TIDAL. I appreciate what they're trying to do and what they're trying to accomplish.

Mister Cee's a legend, man.

Being that I always perform, I started working out with a trainer to get that endurance and stamina. Now, I guess you could call me a gym rat.

Donald Trump, you already know. We can't have that guy in office.

I was at a party New Year's Eve, and - no lie - at least 10 different people came up to me. One guy was like, 'I lost 30 pounds because of you.' So people just coming up to me. I don't know these people - random people.

Hector Lavoe is the greatest of all time. Marc Anthony is the second greatest.

All I know is stars and hits, you know what I mean? I don't just sign a guy because he has a hot record. I sign a guy because he's a star. He's a pillar of the community.

The formula for a hit is saying what people want to hear.

Latinos been a part of hip-hop culture and every other culture; we've been influential in every aspect of life.

I make hits.

There's millions of gay people in the world. In 2011, you've got to hide that you're gay? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, be real.

It feels like we all win when Joe wins. People know the struggle, everything I had to overcome. People feel like that's them winning. If Joe could do it, they could do it.

We go after legacies because we just know that, sooner or later, people will understand what we bring to this culture and bring to the game.

There's two systems of health care: the one for the rich that's really good, then there's the one for the inner city, where they leave ladies in the emergency room unattended for 24 hours until they drop dead.

I would love to coach. I'm not saying I'm qualified to do it in the N.B.A., but I would love to try.

Who you know, 10 albums later, get better than he's ever been before? It's hard. To come from all this huge success like a 'What's Love,' and a 'Lean Back,' then take it back to the street with 'The Darkside.'

Minorities have been hustling backwards from check to check.

J. R. Smith's incredible, man, just incredible off the bench.

See, me, I don't run away. During my successes or my failures, I put it on me.

The 'hood don't really wanna hear it, but you need brown rice, you need wheat bread, stuff like that.

I wish we had more diversity.