I learned to love dance for its own sake.

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that I was as a child.

That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get on stage and make people happy, was more important than becoming famous, or even what I was dancing.

Treat each class as if it were your first.

Although we do come from a silent profession, it is important for us to verbalize what we want to say. (As I tell my students): you could love someone all your life, but if you never say it how are they going to know? There comes a point when you have to say what you mean, which makes you scream louder when you dance.

When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in a way, the real world.

I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes.