Every setback has a major comeback.

Always persevere, always have a great perspective, and always have great purpose in your life

I thought about all the people that told me I couldn't do it and told me I couldn't get there.

I truly believe in positive synergy, that your positive mindset gives you a more hopeful outlook, and belief that you can do something great means you will do something great.

Every day I wake up and that’s my goal, to be on a constant quest for knowledge and do something different, being unique and being uncommon.

Separation comes from preparation.

I'm here today because God has brought me here. Jesus has brought me here...I'm with an amazing team. I believe He perfectly placed me in the right spot at the right time.

The only person I can change is the one in the mirror.

Live with a purpose, play with a purpose.

My dad used to wake me up at 5:30 in the morning and hit me ground balls and tell me, 'Don't be afraid to excel. Don't be afraid to be great.'

No one can stop what God has for you.

There are hundreds of stories I've heard from black women from my generation, generations before me, and the next, that have never been given an opportunity to fulfill their dreams.

It's in the difficult times that we're growing and you can't just rebuke everything hard. We've got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.

The power of Christianity lies in its revelation in act, of that which Plato divined in theory.

[If you want to] ask the question what is beautiful? It's the life that you lead. It's the life that all women lead.

For the purpose of my life, I don't ask the question. First of all, I believe. I think the Five Books of Moses are inspired. Call it divine. I don't know. But I would certainly call it inspired.

You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.

It's time to wipe the slate clean, recriminalize gambling, just like we did in this country 100 years ago

The companies I have traditionally seen do best over the long term had lead investors for their seed rounds

Editorial photography has to be energetic and visually competitive.

I was taught that everything is attainable if you are prepared to give up, to sacrifice, to get it. Whatever you want to do, you can do it, if you want it badly enough . . .