I think that we will come out on top as women, as people of color, as Muslims, as transgender people, as people who are part of the disabled community - I think that we'll come out on top.

It's important to me that youth everywhere, no matter their race, religion, or gender, know that anything is possible with perseverance.

I'm one of those people who feels like I have to be strong for those people who may not be able to find that strength. I feel like I have to speak up for those people whose voices go unheard.

There will always be people who challenge the idea that you belong, but it's important to work hard, to focus on yourself, and prove that you belong in this space of high-level athletics.

Even if we're facing bigotry or racism, we can still be successful.

I think that when we stand in solidarity, we'll be stronger.

I know that I'm Muslim. I have an Arabic name. And even though I represent Team USA and I have that Olympic hardware, it doesn't change how you look and how people perceive you.

I think Muslims in particular are facing similar obstacles African Americans did, historically.

I am the truth, since I am part of what is real, but neither more nor less than those around me.

It is a challenge to love someone who does not see the divine as you do, and much harder still to date someone who considers your spirituality a design flaw in an otherwise worthwhile human being.

Your call has atime frame, a price to pay, urgency of attention.Your call has a purpose, a pursuit, vision, commission, honors and even excellency. So what are u called to

A sign of a hard worker is one who works without complaint. God favors those who toil while others play.

When we look at chimpanzees . . . we get this extremely fine-grained view of evolution, and as a result we understand a lot more about the processes that are changing our own genome over time.

An individual's treatment and alternatives in life may depend as much on the reputation of the group to which that person belongs as on their own merit.

Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.

Actually, I didn't start sweating until I had children.

Those who move forward "with a" happy spirit will find that things alwas work out.

It's hard to live your life in color, and tell the truth in black and white.