Quote: Misty Copeland

As a dancer, performing is my life. When I can't dance, I feel lost. So I've had to find that balance that allows me to excel but not push beyond what my body can handle. I know that, as tempting as it may be to keep going and going, putting too much pressure on my instrument [body] could end my ability to dance at all.

~ Misty Copeland from her book Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina