Master P Quotes

My goal in the beginning was to buy my mother a house. Now I realize, okay, if I really focus and become a key player in business, then I can build an empire.

Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.

Talk to successful entrepreneurs. Learn about what they've experienced so you can avoid some of the pitfalls that come with wealth.

My original aim after 'The X Factor' was to earn enough money in a year to make the whole experience worth it - you know, buy a car, a flat.

My big goal in life was always to figure out how I can make a lot of money so I can go off and make films irrespective of the opinion of the three or four critics who seem to rule the roost.

I had no intention of being a film producer, and I knew I wasn't passionate about engineering. I was always set on having my own business, controlling my own destiny.

I have done well out of TV, but not well enough to buy football clubs. I'm not sure it's ever a way to make money.

Had anyone told me that I was going to have a career in business, I would have said, 'No way.'

I own a mortgage company and a real estate company funded by the music. Florida is a kinda gold mine.

I'm potentially worth a lot of money, but I've got to go and make something that's worth a lot of money.

Television isn't my career. Business is.

If I was a businessman, I could have made a huge amount of money. But none of that really crossed my mind while I was young and traveling.

The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work.

People can easily make millions of dollars without much work in America.

I feel I belong in the movie business and I belong in the security business. It's a natural for me.

I could've always worked shows, clubs, Las Vegas and Atlantic City, but I was successful in business ventures, and things weren't happening in show business, so I said, 'Let me see what I can do.'

Knowing that my ancestry had all been quite wealthy and owned their own businesses probably left me with the ambition to replicate what they'd done.

I wanted to make money very fast, and I was completely confused after college. I didn't know what career options I had. And then I had this entry point in the film industry, and I thought, 'If this is where the fast money is going to come from, let's see how it goes.'

What people don't know about me is that I'm a pretty good businesswoman. Yes, I do this little ol' game show, but I know the show isn't going to last forever, so I've gone into different ventures. But I don't want to sound like I'm bragging.

I was always excited by the idea of having my own company, but models are rarely serious when they venture off into something else, be it acting, singing, or starting their own business.

I actually never wanted to be a VJ. Never. It just so happened that I became a VJ, and I was actually kind of like, 'I don't want to be a VJ. I want to be in the movies.' So yeah, I always wanted to be an actor.

I want to become an entertainment, tech, and business mogul just in general.

I'd love to have a production company one day, and I'd love to maybe venture out with other industries.

A lot of people didn't know why I went to Cal. The Bay Area, Silicon Valley, I wanted to put myself in that position where I'm not only successful on the court but off the court.

When one was looking at getting out of media, I took a fair amount of time to figure out what I want to do for the next 20 years… the one thing I am very passionate about is entrepreneurship in this country.