As always, I appreciate all the love and support people have sent and continue to send my way.

How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to work.

A person who can connect with their partner, another human being who can connect with their soul − it's not just learning steps, it's about expressing something. I've found in dancing all my life that I can release something as a dancer that I can't in any other way.

I am very, very clear on how difficult it is for a young kid out there to go into the arts without taking a lot of heat from his peers.

I found that dance was key to keeping depression out of my life.

Look at it! It's a once in a lifetime opportunity, man! Let me go out there and let me get one wave, just one wave before you take me in. I mean, come on man, where I am I gonna go? Cliffs on both sides! I'm not gonna paddle my way to New Zealand! Come on, compadre. Come on!

I'm not afraid of death. I'm going home.