My dad taught us that there's no greater distance than that between first and second place.

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.

Fear is the limit of existence.

China needs a table-tennis-like solidity in football.

If everyone is getting money, no one is getting disrespected, and no one is getting hurt, no one should be arguing.

I am a believer and a conformist.

Think before you snack.

What makes man most unhappy is to be deprived not of that which he had, but of that which he did not have, and did not really know.

Live how you want to live, not being influenced by others around you.

I love to eat - Kit Kats or cookies-and-cream ice cream. I need sugar like five times a day.

True feeling justifies whatever it may cost.

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.