Men are intrigued by anything they do not completly control.
I knew that whatever I set my mind to do. I could do.
I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.
Black women. . . work because their husbands can't make enough money at their jobs to keep everything going. . . . They don't go to work to find fulfillment, or adventure, or glamour and romance, like so many white women think they are doing. Black women work out of necessity.
Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.
What do you do after you are world-famous and nineteen or twenty and you have sat with prime ministers, kings and queens, the Pope? Do you go back home and take a job? What do you do to keep your sanity? You come back to the real world.
By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.
Do not lose heart. We were made for these times. . . . . For years we have been learning, practicing, been in training for. . . and just waiting to meet on this exact plain of engagement.
For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.
If I ever did cross over I would like to do it tactfully. I don't want to offend anyone in country. Can you have the best of both worlds? I sure like the idea of it!
I wish I could say I see my little brother more. We used to fight all the time but now that I don't see him very often I cherish the time I have with him.