I love being outside and feeling free, so I jog or ride my bike. Some days I play basketball or tennis.

Gaining control over your health and well-being is one of those times in your life that you get to be completely selfish and not feel bad about it. If you want to meet your goals, you have to make it about you. You have to make it work for you and you alone. Anything less is a setup for failure.

Indeed, God is always with us even when things look hopeless.

Long before "American Idol" people used to call me a diva. And I be like, "Hold on, are you calling me something else on the sly? You gonna call me a diva, call me a good diva."

God always works through people.

It can be a real struggle to accept that sometimes appearance can be more important than talent or intelligence.

The talent should speak for itself.