I think that training is the key, definitely, and I devoted my life to it.

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.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronge

You cannot love God and tolerate evil. Psalm 97:10.

One's religion is whatever he is most interested in.

I get sent a lot of scripts where you're just the mom.

In Cleveland there is legislation moving forward to ban people from wearing pants that fit too low. However, there is lots of opposition from the plumber' union.

Anybody who says that money don't change you - they only say that because they don't make enough.

I hope I will have achieved something lasting.

When you see how you react when you suffer that's when you know what you are made of.

If you will take my advice you will think little of Socrates, and a great deal more of truth.

It is not that we don't know the right answers, it is just that we don't ask the right questions.