I'm a true believer in prayer, a big believer in prayer.

I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.

People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.

Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.

I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be.

Believe in yourself. Have faith in yourself because no one else is going to.

It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.

In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

The greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others.

Every body type is different - that's what makes you unique. What makes you special is you, and you are different from the next person.

Soldiers of capitalism are the fathers of dissent.

Maps codify the miracle of existence.

Not truth but faith it is that keeps the world alive.

As a man is so he sees.

I do like that idea that music can work on two levels, and you only pick up on the second one after a few listens.

I think it's fun to have people see everything at once, and then I think certain shows are very well-suited to being on every week and being spread out over months.

It's the world without sunlight, but I haven't seen sunlight in so long, I don't remember it.

If I even imagined someone talking to my husband too close, I would beat the crap out of them.

I am where I am because I believed and I never gave up.

I don't think much of Tito Ortiz. He needs to grow balls and sign to fight Chuck Liddell.