Mya Quotes

I started dancing when I was 3 in Toledo, Ohio, and started hip-hop dancing at the age of 7.

I've actually tried to give Brett Ratner dance lessons, but he thinks he already knows how to.

I don't date dancers, but I've always wanted to teach guys how to dance.

I did ballet, tap, jazz, modern, I taught dance here in my hometown of St. Louis.

When you're out dancing with your friends, you think you're cool. But then you get in the ballroom, and it's totally different.

As possibly one of the biggest 'Strictly' fans on the planet, I still can't believe this is happening. I'm very much a dance around your handbag kinda girl, but now I've been given this wonderful opportunity to learn all the different styles of dancing from the very best in the business.

I love all the Latin dances. I love all the upbeat, salsa, cha-cha, samba dances. I just love the music - and wearing the costumes.

I'm not going to be dancing with the stars at this stage in my life. But I want to dance and bop around, and I did, and I can.

Dancing is not one of my talents. But when you've had a few drinks anyone is a good dancer, right?

I am dumb when it comes to learning dance steps.

I trained in every form of dance - started as a tap dancer when I was a kid, then contemporary, ballet, ballroom, everything. Russian, Swedish.

Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as Olympic athletes.

I was very personable and outgoing and was friends with most everybody in my class but I was a diehard dancer so I was constantly at dance classes and working toward my passion of dance.

I danced growing up. I had two friends of mine that, actually, one of them wound up dancing with Alvin Ailey.

I'm not a trained dancer - I know, I know, you're shocked, I'm sure.

Dancing is part of me now! The Latin dances are where my passions are.

In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.

My old dance teacher, Jimmy Wilde, a former European ballroom dancing champion, was so sophisticated.

I haven't danced since I stopped at 28. I haven't even taken a class.

Growing up, I was a dancer. I wanted to be a choreographer.

I know I'm never going to be a professional ballroom dancer.

With 'Dancing with the Stars,' they miraculously send your dance teacher with you wherever you need to be.

As a kid, my main interest was dancing. When I was 8 years old, I was in a hip-hop troupe.

'Dancing With the Stars' was fun, and it opened me up to dancing.

I can't dance, but I have tried it in 'Kohram.'