Physical fears change and shift depending on the role and depending on the mindset I'm in.

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.

What people say and feel about you when you've left a room is precisely your job while you are in it.

It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.

The true self is always in motion like music, a river of life, changing, moving, failing, suffering, learning, shining.

The world is the same you never change it, as sure as the stars shine above. Well, you're nobody til somebody loves you, so find yourself somebody to love.

The more I try to explain myself, the less I understand myself.

How to overcome fear? Be around people who are fearless.

'Tis now the summer of your youth: time has not cropped the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them.

No man can give at once the impressions that he himself is clever and that Jesus Christ is mighty to save.

The putting on of vestments and lighting candles, it's a wonderful ritual that never changes from one Mass to another.

Contentment and happiness! Do everything happily. Walk, talk, sit happily; even if you complain against somebody, do it happily.