427 | Derek Clark: “It’s Not About Your IQ, It’s About Your I Will.”
The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks
Sean Croxton
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2018
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Derek Clark, The Rappin’ Dad, is here with some powerful words about how he was able to overcome his difficult youth, and how to use your past as a way to transform yourself and your life so you can help others to do the same.
Derek’s website is iwillnevergiveup.com. His book, I Will Never Give Up, is available on amazon.com. You can find today’s full clip here.
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| 0:00.0 | It's not about your IQ, it's about your I will. |
| 0:05.0 | And dad is the quote of the day. |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome back to the quote of the day show. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm your host, Sean Crox and a Sean Croxon.com. |
| 0:37.0 | Let's get this holiday week started off on the right foot |
| 0:40.0 | with some powerful words from the rap and dad himself, Mr. Dare Clark. |
| 0:45.0 | So here I was, the 17 year old kid, the 17 year old kid |
| 0:50.0 | that was in a lot of trouble. |
| 0:51.0 | My brother was killed, my sister was killed, |
| 0:53.0 | my good friend was all shot and killed when I was 16, 17 years old. |
| 0:57.0 | I lost it. I got kicked out of high school. |
| 1:01.0 | Now at 18 years old, when you're a foster youth, |
| 1:04.0 | the check stop coming to the foster parents. |
| 1:07.0 | And life goes on, you go to the streets. |
| 1:11.0 | It's interesting, the statistic from the Department of Justice |
| 1:14.0 | is that 80% of the US prison population has been in foster care. |
| 1:19.0 | 51% of the US homeless population is aged out foster youth. |
| 1:24.0 | 77% of the inmates in San Quentin have come from foster care. |
| 1:30.0 | The statistics were not good for me. |
| 1:32.0 | My dad was imprisoned for the mentally insane for a string of arm robberies |
| 1:36.0 | from Arizona to California. |
| 1:38.0 | And I knew at this point I wasn't destined to be a loser. |
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