Being fit is the easiest part of being a dance professional. I used to just throw on a backpack full of rocks and run up a hill. You don't even have to go to a gym.

I don't like the Samba; it's nonsense. With a lot of these Latin dances I can't really understand what they're all about. I like the Rumba and the Paso Doble but the others I could take or leave.

My only drive was to be the best dancer in the world, but I never won the world championship.

When I'm dancing with any woman, I immediately get rid of intimacy barriers. I just give her a big hug and crack on.

If things don't go fantastically, you just have to deal with it.

My favourite dance is the Foxtrot. It's a proper dance with proper music. It has class.

It's great that ballroom dancing is being recognised. For many years ballroom dancers were misunderstood and other dance forms didn't want anything to do with us.