Ask the right questions, and the answers will always reveal themselves.

I am where I am because of the bridges I have crossed.

I have named myself an unofficial ambassador for Australia and I have the biggest mouth on Earth.

You are not the product of your circumstances. You are a composite of all the things you believe, and all the places you believe you can go. Your past does not define you. You can step out of your history and create a new day for yourself. Even if the entire culture is saying, "You can't." Even if every single possible bad thing that can happen to you does. You can keep going forward.

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.

Purpose is the thread that connects the dots to everything you do that leads you to an extraordinary life.

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.