Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman

It doesn’t matter how many times you feel trapped. There is always a way out. Don’t give up.

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

It’s rude to talk with an empty head.

In this life you have to learn to get up because the road is full of stones.

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

Never talk much about yourself to people, in times of envy, the blind man sees again, the mute to speak and deaf to hear.

Freedom is very nice.

I know one day I will die. I hope it’s of natural causes.

Series about narcos have turned my father (Pablo Escobar) into a hero and given young people the idea that it is cool to be a drug trafficker.

Sometimes I am God, if I say a man dies, he dies that same day.

I’m a decent man who exports flowers.

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.

All empires are created of blood and fire.

It doesn’t matter how many times you feel trapped. There is always a way out. Don’t give up.

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

There can only be one king.

Sometimes I feel like God, when I order someone killed – they die the same day.

It’s rude to talk with an empty head.

Drug trafficking destroyed my family. It gave us the world, and then it took it away.

Always be nice to bankers. Always be nice to pension fund managers. Always be nice to the media. In that order.

Never regret! If it was something good, it was incredible. If it was something bad, it was an experience.