Derrick Hayes

And I'm trying to catch a fish, whether it's a big one or a small one.

I'm taking one step at a time.

If you don't catch one fish,

That's big enough.

You can catch a lot of little ones that can add up to that big fish.

That's the way business works.

Yeah, you don't even know it.

And sometimes you don't want that certain fish to bite it because you don't want it.

You know, sometimes you could say that, oh, life has happened to me.

I got this person to invest in me.

I got this partner.

But what if it's a bad fish?

Hey, look, I'm very religious and I definitely believe that.

And I also believe that God is not going to pitch you on anything you can't handle either.

Derek, where's your wisdom come from, man?

I'm from the city of brotherly love, but it's a lot of hustle and grit there you got to get or you won't make it out.

Even at 38 years old, I've already lived the life of a 50, 60 year old person because I've been around so much stuff as a young age.

I've seen things that a normal human being may not have saw.

I've seen things that when you're young, you got to hustle to be able to make it yourself.

When I was 12, 13 years old or a little younger, I was selling bean pies in newspapers and shoveling snow.