Opportunity Quotes by Misty Copeland

9 Opportunity quotes by Misty Copeland

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Copeland’s voice turns opportunity into a choreography of effort. Across nine concise statements, her focus on discipline and grace offers an inspiring spin on each opening.

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

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I feel like with 'On the Town,' it was the perfect production and the perfect opportunity.

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It's really amazing that I was discovered and that I've been given these great opportunities to travel the world and work with…

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'The Firebird' just symbolizes a lot for me and my career. It was one of the first really big principal roles that…

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There are hundreds of stories I've heard from black women from my generation, generations before me, and the next, that have never…

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Just to get into a company like ABT is a dream come true, but to have all of these opportunities on top…

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I have the opportunity, which most people don't experience nearly as much, of being in front of a mirror up to 10…

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I say over and over again that I am just standing on the shoulders of so many who have set this path…

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Even if I weren't learning new roles and getting the opportunity to be coached by incredible people, I still think I would…

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I traced the marley floor with my pointe shoes, and imagine myself on the stage, not as a member of the corps, but as…

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When I was 16, I moved to Torrance, California to train at a more advanced studio, and by 19, I joined the American Ballet…

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To be empathetic to everyone around you, I think, is such a powerful thing to hold.

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My first ballet class was on a basketball court. I'm in my gym clothes and my socks trying to do this thing called ballet.

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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…

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Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.

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The woman represents ballet. She is most important, powerful and vital to it. Therefore, she is not "less than" a man. If anything she…

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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…

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I never experienced getting nervous on stage. I think I was most comfortable there.

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The word "prodigy" was thrown around a lot, but I didn't understand what that meant, or the weight of it. It didn't really mean…

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I think that the ideal physique and look of a ballerina is always changing with different eras. And it's continuing to change.

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Once you become a professional, to get through a ballet like 'Swan Lake' - four acts as the lead, changing character - the perseverance…

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Perseverance has always just been something that was in me. And it was a tool that came in very handy as a ballerina.

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I was 17 when I moved to NYC . I'm now 32. But I do know I can't see myself living anywhere else. I…

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I grew up poor in San Pedro, California, sleeping on the floor of shady motels with my five siblings and not always sure when…

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