I decided during my teens that I wasn't going to have the life of a concert pianist, much to the chagrin of a lot of people who had put a lot of money into me!

I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and teach other black women to fly.

Hard work and training. There's no secret formula. I lift heavy, work hard and aim to be the best.

Aint nuttin' but a peanut.

Light weight ... Yeah buddy!

I always say to myself right before a tough set in the gym, Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it.

When you hit failure your workout has just begun.

Ain't nuttin' to it,but ta do it!

Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder.

Just because your triceps have fallen behind your biceps, doesn't mean you should back off your triceps workouts.

It is important to have people believe in you. With this support, what you can achieve is limitless.

One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. Everything else was seeking -- a detour, an error.

What do you tell of yourself? Speak words of faith.

I am a fading phantasmagoria. Time has left me in partial glory."--Fidelis O Mkparu

Violence is never the right answer, unless used against heathens and monsters.

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up and clean the toilets after the show in order to play, I probably would have done it.

Early in my career, I decided I never wanted to get out of shape.

Love is the symbol of eternity.

This life is a gift, and to reject that gift or abuse that gift is not human and not worthy of us.