Kevin Clifton Quotes

I missed out on the crash course that everyone else gets on 'Strictly' on every dance form.

I definitely want to do 'Strictly Come Dancing.'

Strictly' is nothing like 'Love Island'… absolutely not.

The paso doble is my favourite dance on 'Strictly,' so I'm so pleased I get to do it.

I've come to realise that being on 'Strictly' is like being in another theatre company and performing a live production.

Strictly is the master of all dance programmes. It's so big!

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.

Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.

I don't get grumpy at a 'Strictly' level, you understand. We're just making a television show - the person I'm dancing with can't dance; they're doing their best, and we're not going to win the World Championships.

I went professional with my partner, Erin Boag, 11 years ago, and we had success competing round the world, but appearing on 'Strictly' has changed my life.

'So You Think You Can Dance' comes on as a high-minded leap up the evolutionary ladder from other reality shows - on this one, you're supposed to learn something, and the guest judges are fellow dance professionals rather than actual celebrities.

No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.

I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'

I would like to be on 'Dancing with the Stars.'

I've learnt not to expect a lot from supermodels - we've had them on 'Strictly' before and they've been horrendous.

Much as I'm loving the 'Strictly' experience, I'm sure I'll always be better known for my business career and my appearances on 'Dragons' Den' than I will for my cha-cha-cha or Viennese waltz.

Coming into 'Dancing With the Stars,' I thought it would be a lot easier.

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've had four fantastic years on 'Strictly Come Dancing,' but for us it's about moving forward and the end goal is to present a shiny-floored Saturday night TV show that we all love, for example, 'Strictly,' 'Britain's Got Talent' - those sort of shows.

It's quite amazing how obsessed everyone is by 'Strictly Come Dancing.' I don't watch it so I don't know anything about it.

Strictly' has changed everything for ballroom dancing.

I'd love to go on 'Strictly' but I just don't think they'd let me on. I'm basically a ringer, as I've danced against some of the professionals in competitions when I was younger.

The cha-cha, right from the start... I knew it wasn't my kinda thing.

I still speak every day on my WhatsApp to the girls I was in 'Strictly' with.

The 'Strictly' experience is really like no other - the training and work that goes into it is immense.