Misty Copeland Quotes
Top 86 wise famous quotes and sayings by Misty Copeland
Misty Copeland Famous Quotes & Sayings
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You have to be the one promoting yourself. If you don't think that you're worthy, you're never going to make it.
If I'm put in a situation where I am not really sure what's going to happen, it can be overwhelming. I get a bit anxious.
I'm a classical ballet dancer, and at the end of the day I want to be with American Ballet Theater, performing classical ballets.
I knew that I just didn't have it in me to give up, even if I sometimes felt like a fool for continuing to believe.
Once I became a professional, maybe 19 or 20, I really started to try to figure out who I was, as a woman and as an individual.
I think that the ideal physique and look of a ballerina is always changing with different eras. And it's continuing to change.
I think anything that affects me in my personal life is going to help me be a better artist on stage.
It's difficult to exist as a woman, especially I think as a powerful woman. You want to stand strong and you want to be considered and equal.
40 years old is about the time a principal dancer would start to think about retirement, but some go on to dance a little bit longer than that.
It's weird for minorities even just to buy tickets to the ballet. We feel like it's not a part of our lives and we're not a part of that world.
The best piece of advice that I remember probably on a daily basis is to accept everything about me that is different. That is what makes me special.
Perseverance has always just been something that was in me. And it was a tool that came in very handy as a ballerina.
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.
That it's possible to do positive things and I think that's how we're going to set an example to be respected as women in the world.
I don't want to be anything else other than a ballerina. I love what I do outside of my work, but at the end of the day, I have to sacrifice.
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 believe that I definitely developed into a refined and graceful woman due to ballet. It has shaped me in every way.
Before dance came into my life, I don't really remember having any major goals or dreams of wanting to be anything.
I know that I'm talented, and I know that I'm not in American Ballet Theater because I'm black - I'm here because I'm a gifted dancer.
My curves became an integral part of who I am as a dancer, not something I needed to lose to become one.
Though I have tremendous support from lots of people, there are so many others waiting to tear me down.
I'm a pescatarian, so I don't eat red meat or pork. So my dinners usually consist of seafood in some way. And maybe cookies after!
Going on stage and transcending the audience and becoming this otherworldly thing makes you a dancer. It's not so black and white.
I'm definitely very careful about the things that I want to be a part of, but it's also important for me to get dance out there to more people.
I think, as a child, there weren't dreams. I can't recall as a child having some ultimate dream and thinking that it was possible.
I think that having a platform and having a voice to be seen by people beyond the classical ballet world has really been my power, I feel.
It's a European art form, and you're used to seeing a certain type of person as a ballerina. And I don't look like a lot of the girls around me.
It takes a lot of money to be a part of the ballet world. Both the training and the supplies are expensive, the shoes, the leotards and the tights.
I think I'm pretty laid back. I like cooking, being at home, and going to concerts. And I love to shop!
[He] said don't let them take you over. Walk into the room knowing you are the best. Shoulders back, chin up. Their attitudes will totally change.
Depending on the level you're at in your company, the higher you go up in rank, usually the longer you can dance.
I don't eat a ton of pasta or bread. But I eat dessert almost every night, and I drink. You need a bit of balance, and I've found mine.
I know that I'll forever be involved in ballet. This is where my life was meant to be, and I don't see myself straying completely away, ever.
I think I get almost every piece of clothing that I buy altered and taken in just to fit me exactly the way it should.
Hopefully, I'll be a part of ABT, in some way, forever. I think I'll always be a part of ballet and try to push diversity, for as long as I live.
I want to bring awareness to the lack of diversity in ballet, and feel like that's a large part of my purpose.
Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.
All you can do is be your best self. I'm representing more than just me. I think everyone should be like that.
There are muscles that we have in our feet that most human beings don't even know that we have. The strength that we have is so detailed.
You can do anything you want, even if you are being told negative things.stay strong and find motivation
I don't feel like my life is that of a superstar! Every day I wake up, I take the train, I go to my ballet class. My everyday life is pretty normal.
Every time I step onto the stage, it's not only proving to the audience that I'm capable but to myself.
My childhood is a part of my story, and it's why I'm who I am today and why my career is what it is.
At least in my performances, the audience has become so diverse in a way that I don't think ballet has ever experienced.
I learned how to communicate and articulate myself from ballet. It's just insane to me, when they don't think of that as a part of our education.
It's all so surreal, and I'm living my dream. And you know, principal or not, I'm getting to dance all the roles that I've dreamed of doing.