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.

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 found that dance was key to keeping depression out of my life. When you dance, things just go away, things don't seem so bad. There's no better way to take care of health than through something as joyous and beautiful as dance.

The longer your life goes on, the more death you face.

I had a lot of anger because I wasn't happy with the way I had been raised.

You can't be pregnant in leotards, and this is the last chance for us to get our bodies into the shape of concert dancers and capture it with the magic of film.

I keep dreaming of a future, a future with a long and healthy life, not lived in the shadow of cancer but in the light.