I just try to approach every opportunity on stage, as if it's my first time and my last time.

- Misty Copeland

My body is very different from most of the dancers I dance with. My hair is different than most I dance with. But I didn't let that stop me. Black gi…

- Misty Copeland

The path to your success is not as fixed and inflexible as you think.

- Misty Copeland

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.

- Misty Copeland

You're always working to improve, and you're always being critiqued on your next performance. It's not about what you've done. There's always room to…

- Misty Copeland

I think most people don't really understand all that it takes to stand on your toes, and to be able to jump and land without any noise, or for a male…

- Misty Copeland

You can dream big and it doesn't matter what you look like, where you come from.

- Misty Copeland

Those people that don't see the power in art maybe have never been a part of an art, in a real way. To experience it, and to see and witness how it a…

- Misty Copeland

Something happens when you feel that energy and excitement from the audience. And you do, I don't know, four pirouettes. You jump higher than you eve…

- Misty Copeland