Author: Misty Copeland

Quotes

I never thought of myself as special or particularly good at anything. But once I started ballet, suddenly I had a new identity: prodigy.

I never thought of myself as special or particularly good at anything. But once I started ballet, suddenly I had a new identity: prodigy.

- Misty Copeland

Every time I dance, I'm trying to prove myself to myself.

Every time I dance, I'm trying to prove myself to myself.

- Misty Copeland

Barack Obama being President of the United States doesn't mean racism has disappeared. It's all a process, and we have to be aware that the work never ends.

Barack Obama being President of the United States doesn't mean racism has disappeared. It's all a process, and we have to be aware that the work never ends.

- Misty Copeland

Dance kind of was always just a part of my natural state as a child. It's something that, whenever music was playing, I was dancing.

Dance kind of was always just a part of my natural state as a child. It's something that, whenever music was playing, I was dancing.

- Misty Copeland

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