Misty Copeland quote: "All you can do is be your best self. I've always felt that I had to be that much more aware of how I present myself. I'm representing more than just me. I think every person should think that way."

I was definitely a late bloomer and didn't really come into my own until I was probably in my 20...
MISTY COPELAND

I didn't want to be the best at anything; I just wanted to blend in. And that was kind of my exi...
MISTY COPELAND

'The Firebird' just symbolizes a lot for me and my career. It was one of the first really bi...
MISTY COPELAND

Being the only African American at this level in American Ballet Theater, I feel like people are loo...
MISTY COPELAND

I think body-image issues are not just a dancer thing. I think we're much more in tune and aware...
MISTY COPELAND

That something that I fought so hard for throughout the beginning of my career is I didn't want ...
MISTY COPELAND

Every time I step onto the stage, it's not only proving to the audience that I'm capable but...
MISTY COPELAND

Something happens when you feel that energy and excitement from the audience. And you do, I don'...
MISTY COPELAND

Though I have tremendous support from lots of people, there are so many others waiting to tear me do...
MISTY COPELAND

I think that having a platform and having a voice to be seen by people beyond the classical ballet w...
MISTY COPELAND

I feel like going to class every morning is so humbling. You're always working to improve, and y...
MISTY COPELAND

To be empathetic to everyone around you, I think, is such a powerful thing to hold.
MISTY COPELAND

More often than we realize, people see in us what we don't see in ourselves.
MISTY COPELAND

When it came to my childhood - growing up in a single-parent home, often struggling financially - my...
MISTY COPELAND

Every time I dance, I'm trying to prove myself to myself.
MISTY COPELAND

You have to be the one promoting yourself. If you don't think that you're worthy, you're...
MISTY COPELAND

I've gotten nothing but warmth from the Black community and positive feedback.
MISTY COPELAND

My curves became an integral part of who I am as a dancer, not something I needed to lose to become ...
MISTY COPELAND

I think most people think of ballerinas as kind of either as a fairytale, far-away thing that's ...
MISTY COPELAND

Most ballerinas take their first ballet class when they are 5 or 6 years old. I was 13 when I took m...
MISTY COPELAND

My family didn't have very much money, so ballet wasn't even on my radar; I just found it ra...
MISTY COPELAND

My first ballet class was on a basketball court. I'm in my gym clothes and my socks trying to do...
MISTY COPELAND

Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right ...
MISTY COPELAND

I think American Ballet Theatre is setting that standard now for classical ballet, that you can drea...
MISTY COPELAND

I want the ballet world to be given the respect that it deserves and to be seen by more people - for...
MISTY COPELAND

Ballet found me, I guess you could say. I was discovered by a teacher in middle school. I always dan...
MISTY COPELAND

Ballet was so structured. I'd been craving something that could guide me.
MISTY COPELAND

Once you become a professional, to get through a ballet like 'Swan Lake' - four acts as the ...
MISTY COPELAND

There are no taking days off. There are no distractions. If I had that, I physically wouldn't be...
MISTY COPELAND

A young girl reached out to me to be her mentor one day, which I didn't really know anything abo...
MISTY COPELAND

Finding ballet was like finding this missing piece of myself.
MISTY COPELAND

I think that the ideal physique and look of a ballerina is always changing with different eras. And ...
MISTY COPELAND

It's a European art form, and you're used to seeing a certain type of person as a ballerina....
MISTY COPELAND

Perseverance has always just been something that was in me. And it was a tool that came in very hand...
MISTY COPELAND

I say over and over again that I am just standing on the shoulders of so many who have set this path...
MISTY COPELAND

I wanted to open the dialogue about race in ballet and bring more people in. It's just beautiful...
MISTY COPELAND

Whenever there was chaos in my house, whether it was arguing, being in a cramped space with all of u...
MISTY COPELAND

I think I'm pretty laid back. I like cooking, being at home, and going to concerts. And I love t...
MISTY COPELAND

Ballet became this escape for me. I feel like I was on my own a lot. I was searching for stability, ...
MISTY COPELAND

Knowing that it has never been done before makes me want to fight even harder.
MISTY COPELAND

Growing up, I was surrounded by R&B and Hip-Hop, and the closest thing I could find to dance was...
MISTY COPELAND

What you put into your body is just as important as how hard you dance. I believe with the right tra...
MISTY COPELAND

All you can do is be your best self. I'm representing more than just me. I think everyone should be ...
MISTY COPELAND

It's time to write our own story.
MISTY COPELAND

Dance kind of was always just a part of my natural state as a child. It's something that, whenev...
MISTY COPELAND

I was seventeen when I moved to New York. I was nineteen when I joined the main company. I was going...
MISTY COPELAND

When people meet me in person, they're usually surprised at how petite I am because there's ...
MISTY COPELAND

I never thought of myself as special or particularly good at anything. But once I started ballet, su...
MISTY COPELAND

I grew up poor in San Pedro, California, sleeping on the floor of shady motels with my five siblings...
MISTY COPELAND

I'm starving and I'd much rather have cookies than another riot, wouldn't you?
MISTY PAQUETTE / MISTY PROVENCHER

Bubba's father and Bubba went down to the marina and went through the process of having a bench or t...
MISTY STREITWEISER

We decided to do a Belgian waffle breakfast at the VFW [three] Sundays ago. Four or five volunteers ...
MISTY STREITWEISER

It was fun because it's something we normally wouldn't do.
MISTY MAY

What do you mean, is that it? I just saved his career and the CIA from ruin and he calls me a perfid...
MISTY EVANS

Were you born this infuriating?"
"It's taken me years of practice.
MISTY MASSEY

Just the history, the boardwalk, the food, the amusement park.
MISTY MAY

It was a pretty difficult game. It was one of the toughest pools and the Czechs are a big team. I am...
MISTY MAY

We made a couple changes, but it was just a matter of having nothing to lose. They're inspired and g...
MISTY MAY

They were playing extremely well, so to come back from that, we had to do things extra (well),
MISTY MAY

The runs just before the race will be cut to one mile.
MISTY CHANDOS

Do you mean disrespectful? Blasphemous?" he asks. " Like Jesus, Jesus, bo-beesus, banana fanana fo-f...
MISTY PROVENCHER

Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.
BILL COPELAND

The man who rows the boat seldom has time to rock it.
BILL COPELAND

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.
AARON COPELAND

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer w...
AARON COPELAND

Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell
BILL COPELAND

Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.
BILL COPELAND

To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.
ROBERT COPELAND

People are disappointed when they hear my American accent because they regard 'The Police' a...
STEWART COPELAND

Not only is women's work never done, the definition keeps changing.
BILL COPELAND

This also will save us money without affecting our customers.
ANNETTE COPELAND

The cross match validates the information we receive. The result is more-accurate wage records, whic...
ANNETTE COPELAND

We hope people agree that a little wait is okay in order to support the Hurricane Katrina recovery e...
ANNETTE COPELAND

A lot of the calls come from shelters where applicants just pass the phone along to the next person ...
ANNETTE COPELAND

The expectation in this community is so high, they'd run me out of town if I didn't make it. The atm...
ALVIN COPELAND

What hurt us the most was missed key rebounds and easy baskets.
ALVIN COPELAND

It seemed like it stayed on 33 (points) forever. The only thing that helped us was that they didn't ...
ALVIN COPELAND

I had some concerns with (being too confident) coming in. Sometimes you have to get teams up to play...
ALVIN COPELAND

It hurt us to lose by one point to Perry. I told the it would come down to that.
ALVIN COPELAND

The last time they beat us in the Christmas tournament, they said we played tired. We wanted to make...
ALVIN COPELAND

It used to upset me because I felt like she didn't care one way or another. Now I know that she care...
ALVIN COPELAND

Any time you hit threes, it puts you right back in the game. I told them to try and not give (Perry)...
ALVIN COPELAND

Anytime we jump out to a big lead is a major concern. We won, which is most important in the end. Bu...
ALVIN COPELAND

We've won state championships when we haven't won region. It's not over.
ALVIN COPELAND

After all is said and done, sit down.
BILL COPELAND

How strange to use "You only live once" as an excuse to throw it away.
BILL COPELAND

Not only is women's work never done, the definition keeps changing.
BILL COPELAND

When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback.
BILL COPELAND

Before deciding to retire, stay home for a week and watch the daytime TV shows.
BILL COPELAND

I've got Arabic music in my blood.
STEWART COPELAND

Nobody really slept last night.
BRANDON COPELAND

That was a little too much. I went to the bar and said 'You know what? I'm done.' It's not really wo...
BRANDON COPELAND

I just think it's a joke. That's just terrible to me for society to see someone walk after stabbing ...
BRANDON COPELAND

I don't understand why everyone is saying they feel bad for him. What about me? I'm not trying to pl...
BRANDON COPELAND

Prayer does not cause faith to work, faith causes prayer to work.
GLORIA COPELAND

I'd rather duplicate it myself. Another of our favourite techniques.
STEWART COPELAND

Making music has gotten easier; selling it has gotten harder. Making music has been democratized, bu...
STEWART COPELAND

I knew it was going to be hard because it was my first time running,
BILL COPELAND

I'm in a real good place right now. Two thousand and five was a topsy-turvy roller-coaster ride, a l...
ADAM COPELAND

I'm in a real good place right now. Two thousand and five was a topsy-turvy rollercoaster ride, a lo...
ADAM COPELAND

Once again we couldn't execute. We had six or eight stranded runners. We got the runners on base and...
TYANN COPELAND

Sometimes you can tell what something is by what is isn't.
KENNETH COPELAND

Bland did a good job.
JOHN COPELAND

(Clemens) moves well. If we give him the chance, he will tuck the ball in and run. We have to make s...
COPELAND BRYAN

We really think it's a good solution.
PHIL COPELAND

I'm disappointed in our middle distance (runners), and by that I mean the 200-meter and the 800-mete...
ALVIN COPELAND

It's a chance to make an impression on the NCAA selection committee. We've got two quality teams (Ka...
CHRIS COPELAND

They may be crossing there not just because they can, but to put themselves in a position to prey on...
JEFF COPELAND

I've been badly used in some way and I don't want to make a fuss. It was in a drunken scrape. I'll b...
JOHN COPELAND

I was worried about Southwest because we had not run against them all year. I didn't know what to ex...
ALVIN COPELAND

This is still kind of a real hazy area.
PHIL COPELAND

We have a ton of guys on this team that can score. I think we've proven that all year. But we just d...
CHRIS COPELAND

He looked pretty smooth through the race.
JOHN COPELAND

It's nice to see him in action.
JOHN COPELAND

So far, senior Eric Groce is running very well.
JOHN COPELAND

I won't be celebrating either way because the method and timing has caused so many bitter feelings t...
JOHN COPELAND

I believe there will only be losers if this by-law passes.
JOHN COPELAND

We who oppose this motion are standing here trying to change minds already made up.
JOHN COPELAND

He was a terrific bloke. He's going to be missed.
JOHN COPELAND

It always strikes me as somewhat absurd that strikes are referred to as "industrial action", for the...
JOHN COPELAND

Yeah, it would have been nice. Any time you get to play with a player of Randy's caliber, it would b...
DONALD COPELAND

They had a situation on their team, but this was about us. The main thing was we wanted to get bette...
DONALD COPELAND

This was very big. South Florida is a team that's struggling right now. It's a game we needed, comin...
DONALD COPELAND

It has been a problem for me the whole year. Right now is an important stretch for us. If I feel I'm...
DONALD COPELAND

We can't really play at their pace. They're looking to push the ball and pressure you and make you p...
DONALD COPELAND

I've never seen that in college. It opens up so many things. Anybody can start their offense. It tak...
DONALD COPELAND

All those guys, they're winners. You put all of that together, the time is now for them.
DONALD COPELAND

We got a lot of shots up, put in a lot of work offensively. We had some real competitive practices, ...
DONALD COPELAND

We knew [Burtt] was trying to find any little space to find his shot. He would dribble into our defe...
DONALD COPELAND

I think it started with our defense and getting open shots. We shared the ball well and when you sta...
DONALD COPELAND

We talk to people and try to explain that we don't do crafts.
DENISE COPELAND

We don't want to see something that you did 30 years ago. We want to see something current, and to w...
DENISE COPELAND

We've had 26 or 27 members at times.
DENISE COPELAND

It is a very good possibility that I could switch. It will all depend on what team drafts me.
COPELAND BRYAN

We're expecting to see a lot of the same we saw from Utah and Purdue, that same sort of option.
COPELAND BRYAN

We watched a lot of film on them, and they're not doing anything we haven't already seen this late i...
COPELAND BRYAN

How strange to use 'You only live once' as an excuse to throw it away.
BILL COPELAND

I had several discussions with Ms. Hogan, and she said she had no contact with any delegates before ...
GREG COPELAND

This is not a good thing.
GREG COPELAND

Obviously there's tapes of that, and I'm sure they're very entertaining. History is wonderful and it...
GREG COPELAND

As contentious as last night's meeting may have been to the general public, when you've been through...
GREG COPELAND

I've seen contention before. I'm trying to work to come up with ways to bring people together and mo...
GREG COPELAND

He had a good attitude all year long. He never got too high or too low. He stayed on an even keel. H...
HOWARD COPELAND

He was our finisher. He was the guy we went to when we needed a big goal. He is a guy you could coun...
HOWARD COPELAND

It was almost too late. We had a lot of heart. We are in awfully good shape. I think those are the o...
HOWARD COPELAND

They were keeping that man out, it was the second guy that was killing us. They were dumping it in, ...
HOWARD COPELAND

It always bothers me a little when you play a team like that. I am thinking with the talent we got w...
HOWARD COPELAND

That's a great pep up for an artist, to sell their work.
JUDITH COPELAND

Anything that has to do with the arts in Eunice, I try to support it.
JUDITH COPELAND

He was a big, healthy guy.
JEFF COPELAND

The hallmark of the wolverine is its almost insatiable need to stay on the move. They go over mounta...
JEFF COPELAND

That's the most commonly asked question, and without a doubt the most difficult to answer.
JEFF COPELAND

It doesn't eat our livestock, and it doesn't get into our garbage, so we don't pay much attention to...
JEFF COPELAND

If a wolverine gets above them, they have better chances of getting a kid or driving a goat off a cl...
JEFF COPELAND

During the winter, the wolverine relies heavily on the goat for food. We were always amazed at how t...
JEFF COPELAND

We just came down here to look around. We didn't play well.
KIRBY COPELAND

It was just communication. They run some killer screens so when we got hung up, we switched. The mai...
KIRBY COPELAND

I wasn't ready to go home this year.
KIRBY COPELAND

We came down here last year and coach said we just looked around, we didn't play well. This time we ...
KIRBY COPELAND

I usually play really good when it is big games, but we really wanted to win tonight, and that was e...
KIRBY COPELAND

She's quick. She's a great player. We couldn't stop her from scoring; that wasn't the intention. We ...
KIRBY COPELAND

This proves a lot. We can come out and play with the No. 3 team in the nation.
KIRBY COPELAND

I came out [for the second half] ready to play. And when I take off, I just want them to look for me...
KIRBY COPELAND

We weren't talking on defense, and we weren't making shots. We were running, but we making the pass ...
KIRBY COPELAND

We've had some other games that ended like this. That's what you get with a young team. Unfortunatel...
MATT COPELAND

Both of those players are phenomenal athletes. I think that one of our keys to the win was that we w...
MATT COPELAND

We want to learn more about new uses for the PC this year, such as home entertainment, home automati...
RANDY COPELAND

We don't want to raise taxes, but in the scope of things ... now's the time, ... This facility (the ...
ROBERT COPELAND

These writers are tapping into a frustration that is almost universal among young people in Japan. J...
REBECCA COPELAND

The more colorful the food, the better. I try to add color to my diet, which means vegetables and fr...
MISTY MAY-TREANOR

My campaign is about getting pets to be more active, and exercise with your animal is a great way fo...
MISTY MAY-TREANOR

I'm an avid animal lover. When I was 16, I wanted to be a vet or a zookeeper. I grew up with ani...
MISTY MAY-TREANOR

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I want to be known as a nice and normal person, but my ski...
MISTY MAY-TREANOR

I would like to instill in people just to work hard. As long as they keep at it, their dreams will h...
MISTY MAY-TREANOR

Over the years, I've made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winnin...
MISTY MAY-TREANOR

If you maintain a healthy diet, or at least are smart about your food choices, you'll still see ...
MISTY MAY-TREANOR

I think the most surprising thing about the Olympics would be the amount of interaction and partying...
MISTY MAY-TREANOR

I used to spend a couple of hours in the weight room, but really, an hour is long enough. I lift twi...
MISTY MAY-TREANOR

It's important to just kind of get away from your sport until you miss it. It's about taking...
MISTY MAY-TREANOR

If there are fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies on the table, I won't say no to those. Soy sauce...
MISTY MAY-TREANOR

She had a hit for every syllable: 'Don't. You. Ever. Talk. To. Me. Like. That. Ever. Again.&...
MISTY MAY-TREANOR

To eat is human, to digest divine.
CHARLES T. COPELAND

Toys were lots of fun before they became capitalist tools.
BETH COPELAND VARGO

Toys have become commodities instead of playthings. The stampede to collect Beanie Babies is the lat...
BETH COPELAND VARGO

We have changed the leadership in those eight (middle) schools ... already this year. We've built in...
CEO BONNIE COPELAND

We're going to do absolutely the best thing we know how to do for the students in Baltimore City.
CEO BONNIE COPELAND

All you can do is be your best self. I've always felt that I had to be that much more aware of how I present myself. I'm representing more than just me. I think every person should think that way.

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Misty Copeland

All you can do is be your best self. I've always felt that I had to be that much more aware of how I present myself. I'm representing more than just me. I think every person should think that way.

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