If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.

There's no better way to take care of health than through something as joyous and beautiful as dance.

Talent deserves to be honored. Hands deserve to be slapped if you do something stupid as well, but don't take it too far.

What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.

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 think what creates a winner is a person who can connect with their partner - another human being.. connect with their soul

You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I had to fight my way up.