I definitely like to be natural and more relaxed and not wear a lot of makeup.

Success is not easy and I think everyone should know that hard work and perseverance and being open to giving back are so much more powerful than stepping all over people to get to the top.

You can do anything you want, even if you are being told negative things.stay strong and find motivation.

The best piece of advice that I remember probably on a daily basis is to accept everything about me that is different. That is what makes me special.

You can dream big and it doesn't matter what you look like, where you come from.

My body is very different from most of the dancers I dance with. My hair is different than most I dance with. But I didn't let that stop me. Black girls rock and can be ballerinas.

The path to your success is not as fixed and inflexible as you think.

You're always working to improve, and you're always being critiqued on your next performance. It's not about what you've done. There's always room to grow.

I just try to approach every opportunity on stage, as if it's my first time and my last time.

I feel like I represent every young dancer, and even non-dancer, who felt they were not accepted by the ballet world. I'd like to think that they can see themselves in me.

There are muscles that we have in our feet that most human beings don't even know that we have. The strength that we have is so detailed.

love everyone, trust a few and rely on nobody

Today is elections day and I am stepping out to help write a chapter that will form a part of my unborn children's history exam in the future.

What happened to romance? Sappy, soppy longhand love letters.

I'll never stop appreciating how lucky I am.

Before there is peace, blood will spill blood, and the lake will run red.

I do ballet and pointe work. I also do tap, commercial jazz and technical jazz, freestyle street dancing.

The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material condition and feel our divine nature.

It's fun to get out in the field. I really enjoy that. It's fun creating.

The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.