My mom always wanted me be a ballerina, and I was just adamant that I wanted to be a track star. I wanted nothing to do with ballet.

It's so hard to fight against someone who is stuck in what they believe whether you agree with it or not.

After high school, I had $2,000 saved, and I packed everything I could into my '95 Nissan Sentra with no air-conditioning, and I drove out to L.A.

Climbing trees is still one of my favorite things to do. A tree and a good book and I'm happy.

God has always been the head of my life, even before I knew it.

Know your history. It can teach you who you are, where you have come from, and how to be a better person as a result.

I just love drama. I love the idea of exploring relationships, whatever they may be. That's fun for me.

I am a woman who stands up for what she believes.

I like what looks good on me and, as a result, I don't find myself drawn to one specific designer all the time.

I would love to try my hand at directing and even producing in some kind of way. Something about that intrigues me, but for directing I could completely see myself trying.

I remember thinking, in Kansas my name will be Evett - which is my middle name. I didn't want to explain to anyone how to say Em-a-yat-zee.

What will a child learn sooner than a song?

The second-sweetest set of three words in English is 'I don't know.'

In the stillness, a fly would not have dared clear it's throat.

Time, ain't nothin, but time. It's a verse with no rhyme, and it all comes down to you.

I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.

I consider myself a leader of this football team, along with a lot of other guys.

I will not have Botox. You know why? Because I eat! I eat the fat, I eat the vegetable, I eat everything. If you exercise and you don't eat enough, it takes its toll on the skin.

If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.

One tires of a page of which every sentence sparkles with points, of a sentimentalist who is always pumping the tears from his eyes or your own.