I learned how to communicate and articulate myself from ballet. It's just insane to me, when they don't think of that as a part of our education.

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.

How can we stop learning, if we still have breath?

False humility is the pride of not being proud, real humility is without the consciousness that pride exists.

Will power is but the unflinching purpose to carry the task you set for yourself to fulfillment.

Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?

Color is an inborn gift, but appreciation of value is merely training of the eye, which everyone ought to be able to acquire.

I wasnt athletic. I played baseball, but I was terrible.

Soldiers of Israel, we have no aims of conquest. Our purpose is to bring to naught the attempts of the Arab armies to conquer our land.

No one knows how ungentlemanly he can look, until he has seen himself in a shocking bad hat.

I have two boys on the autism spectrum. I don't always know what's best for them. However, I know there is grace for me in this area. I know there are parents in a similar space.

And Caesar shall go forth.