I didn’t grow up with any brothers, but I have my cousins, and I had my good friends, so I know what it is to have that bro relationship. Richard Cabral Read Quote
Nobody succeeds on their own. Someone has to be there to show them the way, and if you give that experience to a person on the street – a gang member, a prisoner – he might succeed. That’s how it was for me. Richard Cabral Read Quote
There’s comes a point when people who have lived a life of crime get tired and want to change. Richard Cabral Read Quote
I believe God talks to us in mysterious ways. I knew if I did not pay attention to His message, I was going to do life in prison, or I was going to end up dead. Richard Cabral Read Quote
I spent my life behind bars, and what people don’t know is getting out of prison is really nerve-racking – you’re not used to society; you’re not used to the world going by so fast – so to step on that lot was quite overwhelming. Richard Cabral Read Quote
If you grow up on the good side of the tracks, you’re going to belong to something over there. If you grow up on the bad side of the tracks, you’re going to belong to something over there. It’s not rocket science. Richard Cabral Read Quote
If we grow up in these communities where we have gangs, well, what do you think we’re going to belong to? That’s what happened to me and what’s still happening to hundreds of thousands of other individuals. Richard Cabral Read Quote
Homeboy Industries is a healing center for broken children. I was a broken child, and they showed me how to put all those pieces back together. It’s not about being a gangster. It’s about being a man or a woman trying to recover and live better. Richard Cabral Read Quote
Just like the rest of the world, I became a product of my environment, and this environment was gang culture. Richard Cabral Read Quote
I think 98% of gang members in Los Angeles would agree that being a gang is just like being part of a community. Richard Cabral Read Quote
