Gervonta Davis Quotes

I didn't really go to school much, and I went out a lot. At 16, that's not something you should be doing.

I wasn't from the streets, but I was in the streets. I had a good family, nice home - you know, I can't say I grew up with nothing... but I chose to hang in the streets.

When I was younger, I was thinking of ways I could get respect so people wouldn't bother me. I was down for whatever. I ended up going to juvenile hall, facing a good amount of time for a first-time offense.

I was a bad kid, getting into a lot of wild stuff.

I had little problems during high school. It seemed like I was always getting into trouble in summer, going in and out of juvenile hall.

I certainly could've gone off track many, many times in my youth.

I was a little troublemaker. Always trying to get in trouble, always mischief, like throwing rocks at cars when I was younger, all that kind of stuff.

I was about to get a degree in economics when I accepted that I'd be a lousy businessman, and if I didn't give acting a try I'd regret it for the rest of my life.

I was never a 'bad' kid, but I did get into minor juvenile trouble. Look, I grew up in Brooklyn. This was the '60s, and the neighborhood was rapidly changing and not without its problems. All the kids of the neighborhood 'did their thing,' breaking windows and the like. I was no different.

I was a medium-level juvenile delinquent from Newark who always dreamed about doing a movie.

Kids will not listen to that. They're going to experiment no matter what, so you have to be honest.

I have consciously not taken the role of a gangster, which has been offered to me far too many times.

I definitely ran with a pack of hoodlums, that's for sure.

I haven't shoplifted since I was 13.

Every true hustler knows that you cannot hustle forever. You will go to jail eventually.

I know places you better speak low if you've been to college. Men will come across the room and cold-deck you if you hold your glass wrong.

Yeah, I was a delinquent. It was when I was in the ninth grade. I was doing stupid stuff, and the cops came into the class. I was humiliated more than anything.

My friends were stealing cars and shoplifting. I was never into that but I was cheeky. I enjoyed making people laugh.

The streets will get you in jail.

Before rap came along, I was, actually, actively in the streets; getting in trouble, doing the wrong thing.

I got in so much trouble when I was doing 'Snatched' in Hawaii.

I probably wish I'd worked harder in school. I loved school but it was more a social thing for me. I did well in school but I could have done better.

Once upon a time, I was really lost. I was 18 going on 19, and I was shy. All I want to do is get money, and the way I was thinking I was going to do that was a negative route.

Often, when we support the 'right' causes and candidates, we fail to recognize that with progress comes sacrifice. That sacrifice might mean that you are no longer the obvious choice for the job. Your job security may no longer be a given.

Trouble was almost inevitable. I grew up with so many at-risk kids. Kids had things go wrong.