The Triumph Can't Be Had Without The

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

I Tell Them That The Most Important Aspect Is To Be Yourself And Have Confidence In Yourself.

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.

I Know Black Women In Tennessee Who Have Worked All Their Lives, From The Time They Were Twelve Years Old To The Day They Died. These Women Don't Listen To The Women's Liberation Rhetoric Because They Know That It's Nothing But A Bunch Of White Women Who Had Certain Life-styles And Who Want To Change Those Life-styles.

I Believe In Me More Than Anything In This World.