Rick Ross Quotes

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

I have great friends around me that are positive and I think that's the key to life is making your own path. Set your own rules because there is no set rule, there is no set look, there is no set anything. You make your own rules in your life. You make your own decisions.

My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own.

As you grow and mature, you will want and will earn more freedom to live your lives your way and to make your own choices. This you should do.

It is necessary to grow accustomed to freedom before one may walk in it sure-footedly.

But I think a lot of guys need to branch off from home for a while so you can figure everything out, learn how to take care of off-the-court issues so when you do go back home if you decide to, the transition would be easier.

It's my life, my career. I'm making all the decisions now.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

I don't need adult supervision.

You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.

In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that.

I like being in control of making all the major decisions pertaining to my projects. That's something that you don't get to do in a group. Everything has to be voted on - every minor decision.

I think that's important for all ages, to not be afraid of being an individual. I grew up on my own, as an only child, so early on I think I was quite capable of making decisions by myself and being an individual.

People have said I'm a puppet, an instrument of my grandfather, but I think they quickly realised that I'm my own person, that I have autonomy in my actions. I think they rapidly realised I could look after myself.

I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.

I'm responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I'm not trying to live by another's standards.

One thing I want you to understand is if I make a decision, it's my decision.

Freedom is just another word: It seems to get truer the older I get.

You have to make your own decisions. That's what the freedom in America is all about.

I enjoy making the decisions.

I want to go out on my terms.

I think a lot of people would rather have more control over their life than less.

But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance.

I have made my own decisions ever since my father died.