I put forth an effort to try not to think
about [getting caught....It’s] too much
of a distraction. You can’t
concentrate on doing anything if you
are thinking, “What’s gonna happen if
it doesn’t go right?” As time went on,
if I had made up my mind to do a
robbery, [I decided] to be totally
focused on that and nothing else.Or this:
That’s why [my partners and I] get
high so much. [We] get high and get
stupid, then we don’t trip off of [the
threat of getting caught]. Whatever
happens, happens....You just don’t