Kevin Hart

My mom wasn't gonna let that happen with me.

So we had an agreement.

I had a certain amount of time to make comedy work.

And in my mind, it wasn't gonna be hard because there was no other option.

I will figure it out.

So I was driving from Philadelphia to New York every day.

I wasn't coming home until 4 a.m.

I was doing 25 to 28 sets a weekend.

I worked that for a very, very long time.

And the struggle left you with days of, what am I doing?

Can I pay my rent?

F*** this, man.

But my mom's biggest lesson was you're not quitting.

And not many people are going to do the 13 years of hard s***.

Most people opt out at year two and want to go find a quick return.

When you keep quitting to start something else that you think is the idea, it's just a cycle.

You're never completing anything.

You got to make a choice of the thing you're going to do and finish.

I made the choice that stand-up comedy was what I was going to finish.

Because if I focused and did it well, that would open up the doors for me to do everything else that I want to do.