Top 15 Quotes by Robert Battle

Reflection is not something you have a lot of time for.

I studied martial arts before I studied dance.

I never expected to go to Juilliard. When they came recruiting in Miami, I auditioned. I got a scholarship.

I wanted to be an Ailey dancer. I would watch Alvin Ailey videos over and over, and I'd picture myself doing that. I was obsessed with it.

My first professional relationship, I danced with the Parsons Dance Company, and David Parsons, my former boss, allowed me to choreograph on the company.

'Revelations' is one of the most important pieces to the African American arts. It assesses the hope and despair of a people and overcoming the struggle with our faith.

Eating is a necessity but a pleasure as well.

I remember the Food Network when it was first starting out: Emeril Lagasse and all those people who helped make it when it was on a shoestring budget. It actually encouraged me to start cooking.

I grew up in a very spiritual home in a Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, FL. I was raised in the church, and my mother was a very inspirational person in my life.

There's a part of me that never felt my mother abandoned me. I always felt that she did the right thing.