My dad taught us that there's no greater distance than that between first and second place.

I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be.

To a world sick with racism, get well soon.

I can express gratitude for the simple act of being able to breathe in and breathe out. I can move away from darkness and depression to light and hope. I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be. I am me, the true me; you are you, the true you - and that's good. That's beautiful. That's enough.

In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

Damita Jo. Jo. That's my middle name. It's let in about the different characters that live within me. They say we have 200 characters that we portray with different people.

You don't know how many people come up to me and say, 'This child was conceived listening to you.'