- Born in the slums of Detroit, in deep poverty
- His mother and father divorced
- His mother came from a family of 24 children
- His mother couldn't read
- His mother raised Ben and his brother, Curtis
- Ben was the worst student in his grade school class
- Ben becomes top student in his school
- Ben becomes world renowned doctor
A choice: Poverty or Prosperity
"I hate poverty. Poverty is more of a choice than anything else, and i can change that(poverty). It depends upon how hard i want to work, and i decide that i would change it."
What the quote means is that it depends on you if you make your own life and be successful