It's something I think probably every football team and sports team in America deals with is having people get out of their comfort zone and being courageous enough to fix other people and not just focus on themselves.
Dance is about never-ending aspiration.
I'm moved by contraries, by opposites, the strength that was my mother's eyes, the beauty of my father's hands.
So many people dwell on negativity and I've survived by ignoring it: it dims your light and it's harder each time to turn the power up again.
Excellence is the name of the game.
I was a protege; by the age of 10, I was studying with ballet choreographer Anthony Tudor in a class of adults.
I have been guilty of watching Westerns without acknowledging that Native Americans have gone through the same madness as African Americans. Isn't it extraordinary that sometimes the most offended have not seen others being offended?
We show our support and love the troops, whatever our opinion.
. . . . religion may be best be described as an emotion resting on a conviction of a harmony between ourselves and the universe at large.
So I departed, leaving behind a pungent smell of brimstone. Just something to remember me by.
I've learned that people latch onto labels and stereotypes. There was a period when I was asked in every single interview how I liked being the new Frank Sinatra. . . I think people will soon realize that I do a lot more than interpret old songs.