“My mom has kind of been more of the emotional support system. One time I was really feeling all out of it, just dealing with a lot of cooks in the kitchen and adjusting to what it means to be in the music industry, and I called her. One of the first things she said to me was 'You have to be thankful that these people even like you, no one liked me, at all, I was not really accepted for a very long time.'”
![“My mom always has this amazing ability to always see the best in a situation. In that moment [when finished 2nd in the 200 meter race in the 2008 Olympic games] I was just completely devastated. I mean, I had worked so hard; that was my opportunity. And she was just able to turn it around for me…” quote by Allyson Felix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fe5/allyson-felix-9017_ability_my-mom-always-has-this-amazing-ability-t_2014973.jpg)
![“There's been so many, I think [Lucas Goodman and I] share this, but for us, Afropunk was a really big moment just because it was in New York.” quote by Jillian Hervey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fda/jillian-hervey-5299_bigs_there-s-been-so-many-i-think-lucas-goodm_101718.jpg)
![“[My mom] put me in dance class when I was really young just as a thing to do and I loved it. I remember being excited every time I went, no matter how tired I was - it was the one thing that I always liked doing.” quote by Jillian Hervey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/062/jillian-hervey-5299_class_my-mom-put-me-in-dance-class-when-i-was_288756.jpg)
![“We have reached a situation where a theory has been accepted as fact by some, and possible contrary evidence is shunted aside. [This is] mythology rather than science.” quote by Robert Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c31/robert-shapiro-26969_accepted_we-have-reached-a-situation-where-a-theo_19120.jpg)
