“It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. You know what you've done a...” — Willie Cauley-Stein Quote

“It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. You know what you've done and what you've been through to get to where you are.”

“I wish I still had all of my old schoolwork. I'd just have all the sketches around the schoolwork, and none of the schoolwork done. Just sketches all around. I was always doodling something.”

“I understand what it takes to be an elite player in the league.”

“I'm not affiliated with Ed Burke, Joe Berrios or anyone else who represents the old, corrupt Chicago way. I am offering voters a complete break from that past and pushing us forward in a way that brings people together and makes government more inclusive.”

“I would like to say that I'm a walking poster board for feminism and women's liberation, but there are things that I do in my life that deeply, deeply fall short of being a statement for being a strong woman. I am flawed as much as anyone else.”