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

Endorphins are a very powerful thing.

The single most powerful thing I can be is to be myself.

To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing.

I think most people think of ballerinas as kind of either as a fairytale, far-away thing that's really not attainable, something they can't grasp, or they think of them as European or Russian and kind of their nose up in the air. So, it's cool for me to, like, sit with them and for them to really see themselves as me.

I think body-image issues are not just a dancer thing. I think we're much more in tune and aware because the body is our instrument and art, and we stare at ourselves in a mirror all day, but I feel like it's something that every woman experiences and every girl experiences.