Quotes

The voice of the streets, in his own words.

On ambition

“Ambition isn't wanting more. It's refusing to accept less — for everybody.”

— Jamal Carter (fictional)

“They told me to dream bigger. I told them my dreams are exactly block-sized. That's the point.”

— Jamal Carter (fictional)

On the grind

“The grind is the gift. Anybody can want it. The gift is getting to work for it.”

— Jamal Carter (fictional)

“I don't do all-nighters. I do all-mornings. There's a difference and the difference is breakfast.”

— Jamal Carter (fictional)

On the block

“You can't liaison me out of my own block.”

— Jamal Carter, to Marlowe Vex (fictional)

“The grid failed. The block didn't.”

— Jamal Carter, the night the lights went out (fictional)

“Leave every wall better than you found it. That includes the ones inside people.”

— Jamal Carter (fictional)

On drawing

“If I can't draw it, I don't understand it yet.”

— Jamal Carter (fictional)

“A sketchbook is a plan that hasn't learned to be afraid yet.”

— Jamal Carter (fictional)

On doubt

“Nobody's coming — that's good news. It means it's yours.”

— Jamal Carter (fictional)

“I'm not trying to be the exception. I'm trying to make the exception the rule.”

— Jamal Carter (fictional)

On showing up

“Presence is a superpower. Most people just never charge it.”

— Jamal Carter (fictional)

“Crown up. Head high. Keep walking.”

— Jamal Carter (fictional)

Source notes: All quotes invented for this fan guide, written in the fictional voice of Jamal Carter. His official app card line — “Ambition walking city streets” — is quoted verbatim from the Vizlings app.