Vasyl Lomachenko Quotes

I used to dance when I was younger - ballet and modern dance.

Ballet teaches you how to hold yourself.

I started dancing almost before I could walk.

Exactly the same with dancing, you can't dance until you've learnt steps, the things your feet can do.

People think skating would translate very easily to dancing, but it really doesn't. Dancing is a lot of fun and not as dangerous as being on the ice.

Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.

You can learn steps, but you cannot learn how to boogie.

I'm not a good dancer, but I try. I don't really have the moves.

I started with ballet and then my cousin Sarah introduced me to her tap teachers.

Dancing is all about your core.

A huge part of Irish dance is balance, which is so good for any kind of combat - just being aware of your body.

Dance classes are not designed to be workouts - they're designed to teach skill.

I walk like a duck: very straight up and down. Or like a penguin. It's a dead giveaway that I'm a dancer.

When I was younger, I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation.

My running style was kind of just head-on, because I couldn't dance.

I love doing action; I love doing martial arts. There's almost something balletic about it.

Scouts have always been surprised by the way I'm able to move at my size. How fast and agile I am.

They do say, the smaller the feet, the better the dancer.

Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall.

Fighting is dancing. Look at a great boxing match, and it's a dancing.

I was a dancer for fifteen years, and I think a lot of what dancing gives you crosses over so much into anything to do with fighting, martial arts, anything action.

Dancing is just like racing. You don't learn choreography. They just give you steps to do, and you do them over and over and over. It's very much like what I do in racing.

I love basketball players for what they do for their size - so graceful.

Dancing is kind of my thing.

At age 10, I was better at ballet than I think I will ever be at any physical activity for the rest of my life.