“An artist should… bring into the world some vision. Dancers should ask, “What is their work in the service of?””

Art – when it is really doing what it should do – teaches abstract thinking; it teaches teamwork; it teaches people to actually think about things that they cannot see.

Movement begins to negotiate the distance between the brain and the body and it can be surprising what we learn about each other.

The body is a reservoir of all sorts of tensions and dark forces. And it’s also the potential source of amazing energy. This thing wants to live. It is a powerful engine.

The brain (is) a reservoir of images, dreams, fears, associations, language. And its potential we can’t even begin to understand.

Why don’t you bring your face up here and let me punch it? Then you can tell me (if I’m stronger).

My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.

Wherever I go, I bring the culture with me, so that they can understand that it’s attainable. I didn’t do it any other way than through hip-hop.

Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.

A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

I’ve been successful in different areas, but nothing brings a smile to my face more than my oldest son, Zaire, and my second son, Zion, saying the kind word of ‘Dad.’

Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.

For home games, I bring my clothes to the arena. I bring two different outfits that I can pick after the game. Road game, I got to wear what I walk in with.