Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Don’t carry a gun. It’s nice to have them close by, but don’t carry them. You might get arrested.

There can only be one king.

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

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.

Freedom is very nice.

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

All empires are created of blood and fire.

Give him lead!

Reconciliation is not usually part of a Colombian’s vocabulary.

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

It’s rude to talk with an empty head.