I've been in a competitive situation almost all my life. I've been having a competition with myself and trying to be the best I could be.

Excellence is the name of the game.

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to wallow in that or are you going to create your own agenda?

Maybe its a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I just wanted to be the best.

I've been in a competitive situation almost all my life. I've been having a competition with myself and trying to be the best I could be.

I've danced all over the world, and people are people. We cannot cut off from each other in life. In order to lead, you can't do that.

Dance is not endangered - it will always find a way to express itself.