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

Ballroom is two people dancing together to music, touching in perfect harmony.

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.

Ballroom dancing: it's a wonderful thing at so many levels because you've got to follow the rules. They used to call those rules etiquette once upon a time, but you don't really have that any more.

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.

I've been playing golf as long as I've been dancing, since I was 13 or 14. I play off six. I like to get out on a golf course as often as I can.