Jay Pharoah Quotes

Hustle like you broke and keep that passion.

I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by.

I've always been a workhorse, and I've been supporting myself since I was 15.

Entrepreneurship is a muscle, and winning is an endurance game.

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

I just think a hustler's ambition is that I never stop. I start off hustling and said I'll never stop hustling. An ambitious hustler is the one to hustle the hustlers. When I grew up, my heroes were hustlers. Now I'm their hero.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.

I always hustled to make money and pay for school. I was never afraid of hard work.

I always knew I had to work hard.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.

How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.

America is a place where you can succeed no matter who you are. I am proof of that. But you must work very hard and be willing to endure pain. You must set a goal and win in the marketplace no matter what the air temperature. You must pay the price for success.

When I was coming up as an entrepreneur, I had to fight for everything I got, and there was no clear roadmap of how to be successful.

If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen.

You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

My mother and father, Joe and Theresa Montana brought me along and taught me to never quit, and to strive to be the best.

You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.

Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.

My parents had job jars because my father would say, 'Kids today have too much time, too much money and no responsibility. You're going to have no time, no money and a lot of responsibility.'

I'm not anybody's judge; I don't know what motivates people to do what they do. But I have a lot of admiration for anybody who can start with absolutely nothing and make a little something out of it.

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.

It's all about hustling, whether it's in Boston or the film industry. I've been hustling my entire life - acting my way into trouble and acting my way back out again. I'm just fortunate to have had the opportunity to apply it in a different direction.

I think that I was raised by two of the best people ever. My mother and father are just the definition of hard work, like what hard work brings to you. They've taught me and my brothers and sisters to set your goals high and to give everything to reach them.

I was lucky enough to have a father who said, 'Don't quit.' So I just kept going.