I really don't think boys are naturally better at math and science than girls.

In football, you have to grow up quickly, and you're generally more mature than other people your age.

When I first started writing, when I was 15, I would go to work with people and they would tell me my lyrics were too mature for my age!

I would hate to meet myself at 15.

At 16, I was more resilient and easygoing than I am now.

There are kids out there. We've got to show them the right way. That's the only way. People aren't born racist. C'mon now. We've got to show the way.

I think when people look upon somebody as a role model it is the biggest honor.

The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example.

The world has enough women who know how to be smart. It needs women who are willing to be simple. The world has enough women who know how to be brilliant. It needs some who will be brave. The world has enough women who are popular. It needs more who are pure. We need women, and men, too, who would rather be morally right than socially correct.

We lead more out of who we are than out of what we do, strategic or otherwise. If we fail to recognize that who we are on the inside informs every aspect of our leadership, we will do damage to ourselves and to those we lead.

Everyone who draws breath "takes the lead" many times a day. We lead with actions that range from a smile to a frown; with words that range from blessing to curse; with decisions that range from faithful to fearful….

The emotionally unhealthy leader is someone who operates in a continuous state of emotional and spiritual deficit, lacking emotional maturity and a "being with God" sufficient to sustain their "doing for God." When