Some praise me because I am a colored girl, and I don't want that kind of praise. I had rather you would point out my defects, for that will teach me something.

Sometimes the times were dark and the outlook was lonesome, but where there is a will, there is a way. I pitched in and dug at my work until now I am where I am.

Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects.

I would like to reiterate that I don't want any profiles of me. I am not newsworthy.

I am primarily a lawyer. I would rather play in the game than be the umpire.

Some people call me scrappy - and that's because I am.