I Knew That Whatever I Set My

My Mother Taught Me Very Early To Believe I Could Achieve Any Accomplishment I Wanted To. The First Was To Walk Without Braces.

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.

It Doesn't Matter What You're Trying To Accomplish. It's All A Matter Of Discipline. I Was Determined To Discover What Life Held For Me Beyond The Inner-city Streets.

No Matter What Great Things You Accomplish, Somebody Helps You.

I Don't Consciously Try To Be A Role Model, So I Don't Know If I Am Or Not. That's For Other People To Decide.