Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman

Well, from the time I was 15 and after, where I come from, which is the municipality of Badiraguato, I was raised in a ranch named La Tuna, in that area, and up until today, there are no job opportunities. The only way to have money to buy food, to survive, is to grow poppy, marijuana, and at that age, I began to grow it, to cultivate it and to sell it. That is what I can tell you.

Women can be quiet, heartfelt or angry, but you will never see them defeated.

There is a big difference between surrendering and knowing that enough was enough.

You should never feel better than others, even the rain that comes from the top ends falling always at our feet.

I may not be the President of Mexico, but in Mexico I’m the boss.

I remember from the time I was six until now, my parents, a very humble family, very poor, I remember how my mom made bread to support the family. I would sell it, I sold oranges, I sold soft drinks, I sold candy. My mom, she was a hard worker, she worked a lot. We grew corn, beans. I took care of my grandmother’s cattle and chopped wood.

There are two hundred million idiots, manipulated by a million intelligent men.

It’s rude to talk with an empty head.

There can only be one king.

I am who I am. I like what I like. I do what I want. It’s my life, not yours.

Loyalty, honor and respect are words that forget ordinary people.

It’s a reality that drugs destroy. Unfortunately where I grew up, there’s no other way to survive.

Envy and betrayal do not sleep, they are two things that always go hand in hand.

All empires are created of blood and fire.

The way, to have to be able to buy food is to survive is to grow poppy and marijuana.

Women can be quiet, heartfelt or angry, but you will never see them defeated.

May you, yours and those around you have the good and the beautiful in your favor; that next year as well as better is different, that it is yours. Embrace yours, life is today.

The ungrateful and mediocre people do not care if you do a thousand favors, in the end they get angry for the f**king favor you did not do them.

You take care of me, I take care of you. You betray me, I kill you.

Well, from the time I was 15 and after, where I come from, which is the municipality of Badiraguato, I was raised in a ranch named La Tuna, in that area, and up until today, there are no job opportunities. The only way to have money to buy food, to survive, is to grow poppy, marijuana, and at that age, I began to grow it, to cultivate it and to sell it. That is what I can tell you.

In most cases the best advice that can be given is just listening.