Luis Suarez Quotes

I was in jail a couple of times, and I was probably heading back there for a long time. But martial arts saved my life and some of the choices I made with it.

I started seeing how I wanted my story to be told. Going to jail is one of the best things that happened to me. It helped me get my mind right.

Going to prison actually helped save my life, I believe.

I could have continued to get into trouble, but I wanted to do something positive with myself - and music is the best way.

My past made me who I am today. I can’t just pretend it never happened. But the biggest lesson I learnt from that, is that I can be an example for others who are still struggling! There’s always hope and help for everyone. I think it’s my responsibility to do that, to help. I always refer to this as the “moment of clarity”. It’s hard to explain what really happened, but it was a once in a lifetime kind of moment. I had reached my lowest point and I just knew things had to change quickly because there was just no other way, you know.

It sounds kind of strange, but Jail time was almost a good experience for me.

The scandal happened and I made the best of it. I kind of feel like in the end it was a blessing.

Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.

I'm sure I have a lot to atone for, if there is a judgment day. It's gonna be a long list for me. It goes right up until I was about 18, and then I sort of straightened out.

I used to steal a lot. But I don't do that anymore, because I believe in karma.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

I was a punk. I think that's why I'm such a good person now, because I was such a bad guy then.

I could have easily gone down the wrong path and dropped out of school, but I was given a second chance.

Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me.

Having Zoe saved my life. It was my wake-up call. There were so many things I didn't want to pass on to her.

I like to think that even if we make some really bad choices and go down some bad paths, we'll eventually emerge from it.

I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.

My incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to get my act going again, it gave me material.

I went to Catholic school, and there was this teacher, a Brother, who saw I could go either way, good or bad. He took an interest in me and got me to do a play. I got hooked on acting, and it gave me something constructive to do. I had a lot of energy.

One of the big things that if you've got a guy who is doing things that other people could view as evil or bad, then you've got to find the silver lining: you've got to find the thing that makes this guy a good guy.

True navigation begins in the human heart. It's the most important map of all.

When you're growing up, you need to stay around people who are headed in the right direction and stay away from people who will take you in the wrong direction.

I do believe that my whole success goes back to that time I was arrested as a wayward boy at the age of thirteen. Because then I had to quit running around and began to learn something. Most of all, I began to learn music.

Boxing gave me the discipline and took me away from the streets and away from the corners. It changed my life, you know. Boxing dragging me away from all the bad potential I had.

I was 13 when I went to PSV... I know what they've done for me. Without them I wouldn't be here and I'm happy I can give them this back.