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• ‟ I've always approached my career and my life, you know, one day at a time, as if this was the last day that I'm going, because you never know as an athlete and as a dancer. You never know what can happen today, tomorrow.

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• ‟ Every time I step onto the stage, it's not only proving to the audience that I'm capable but to myself.

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

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• ‟ I didn't care how much work it would take, and I didn't see the time invested as a waste or like I was missing out on anything. Ballet became my ultimate passion.

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• ‟ Finding ballet gave me passion for the first time in my life. I was always very shy and just wanted to fit in; I never daydreamed about what I wanted to be when I grew up. But dancing gave me a connection to my personality that made me grow.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ Finding great training, I think, is number one. I did a lot of research and found really great teachers, and it just takes - I took a year off from school and did independent studies so that I could devote all of my time to it. But I think that training is the key, definitely, and it's not a sport.

  - Misty Copeland