Misty Copeland Quotes

I'm lucky enough to have a platform and people who listen to me.

I don't want to be a big star. I just want to get my message across.

The most important thing is to have something important to say and finding the means to say it.

We have a platform where a lot of people look up to us and we have a chance to reach a lot of people.

The biggest things I have are the platform that I have and influence.

I want to be a voice people listen to and feel good or sad or whatever.

I'm getting to use my platform as the Bachelorette - on my season - to really make change through my experience.

I have over 2 million followers now on Google Plus.

I am fortunate enough with my career that I can speak out to the masses and hopefully be a part of initiating change.

Everybody wants to be a star right now, to be heard, to have a voice, so you have to give the confidence for people to have that ability - and give them the wardrobe to become a star.

What is important to me is that when I write something, people listen to me. I provide my wisdom to people, whether they agree or not.

In social media, people cannot build big followings organically unless what they are putting out to the world has value.

I love the idea of a website/blog being a catalyst for propelling people out into the world, and I enjoy it most when people write me to say that their world looked or smelled or felt a little different because of something that I wrote.

It's weird: when I first got on Twitter, I had a couple hundred, then thousand, followers. Now I have over 53,000.

The best thing about being on YouTube is being given a voice to inspire people and share my experiences.

The things I have to say on and off the record are important, and I say them because I want to be heard.

With Twitter I am in control of whatever it is I want to say.

You don't have to be a professional athlete to be heard - the most powerful tool you have is your voice.

I'm the most fortunate woman in the world - I have a platform, which doesn't just reach 10 people.

Technology has been the great equalizer: you can find your audience, you can build your brand, and the people that are into you, great. They're going to follow you to whatever platform you go to.

People are bound to comment, and that means they are following me.

Your voice can change the world.

The world is waiting to hear from you.

Now everyone has a license to speak, it’s a question of who gets heard.

If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void