Ambition & Fame

I don’t believe in the phrase ‘aspiring writer.’ To me it’s just, you’re a writer.

Passion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal.

Papi, look at where you are. Look at where you came from. Nobody’s shooting at you. Nobody’s trying to kill you. They pay you to play a kid’s game.

I’m not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. I’m the first Simone Biles.

The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.

At this point I’m not physically able to attend the opening of the Olympics.

Just when we thought we were at the physical limit of the sport, then here comes Simone Biles. She’s the best I’ve ever seen.

Dear young people, we didn't come into this world to 'vegetate’, to take it easy, to make our lives a comfortable sofa to fall asleep on. No, we came for another reason: To leave a mark.

It just shouldn’t have happened… This was an easy home run speech: a successful, attractive immigrant talking about her husband.

Yes. I think it's an obscene amount of money. I think that, you know, we had some protesters last night when we pulled up in San Francisco and they're right to protest. They're absolutely right. It is an obscene amount of money. The Sanders campaign when they talk about it is absolutely right. It's ridiculous that we should have this kind of money in politics. I agree completely.

I'm not a sailing or mountaineering expert; I'm just an ordinary guy, a guy who happened to choose these challenges in order to reach my own potential.

You’re damn right Hollywood is racist. Hollywood is sorority racist. It’s like, ‘We like you, Rhonda, but you’re not a Kappa.’