Ballroom Dancing Quotes

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

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 was completely with the reality TV boom for a while. I really liked a lot of the reality TV, and the one that lost me was the ballroom dancing one they do, 'Dancing with the Stars.' That was the one where I watched it and I was perplexed. I thought it was really boring.

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

When I was first on 'Dancing With The Stars', people were really shocked and surprised.

I'm dancing tango, and I'm playing golf, and I'm quite active, you know, and for my age and everything, and what I've gone through, I'm very happy.

I am huge fan of Australian comedy. 'Strictly Ballroom' is one of my favorite movies. Definitely the British Commonwealth's sensibility is where I draw a lot of my influences.

We're basically sewn into our costumes on 'DWTS.'

My first dance ever on 'Dancing With the Stars' was to 'Let's Hear it for the Boy.'

I like 'Strictly' because it is warm, glamourous, and brings families together.

The reason I wanted to do 'Strictly' in the end is that you come out of it having learned something.

I have always had an ambition to do 'Dancing with the Stars.'

I did ballet at the Menlo Park Academy of Dance from age 4 to 11, but then I switched to ballroom, and I've been doing that ever since.

I like dancers. I have a thing for girls who dance.

I just found such a love for dancing. If anybody would love to just feel great, not just physically, but you want to feel such confidence, just go and take a ballroom dancing class! I love it more than any kind of workout.

I loved Fred Astaire's way of dancing. He led you into the dance.

My small experience on 'Dancing with the Stars' allowed me to slowly appreciate the Waltz and Viennese Waltz, but to see it in Vienna is something much different.

Contrary to popular belief, I really enjoyed my time on 'Dancing With the Stars.'

'Dancing with the Stars' was a really great experience. People were definitely surprised that I'm a fighter, or they couldn't believe I'm a professional fighter, but I feel like I'm going to get that for a while. I'm excited to bring a new demographic over to MMA and the UFC.

My ballroom dancing skills are completely non-existent.

Having been part of this wonderful show ever since series one, I know all too well what it's like to perform to the nation on the famous 'Strictly Come Dancing' dancefloor.

Sometimes people can get lost within the crowd, but we have to remember that ballroom dancing is an intimate sport where people look into your story and not the other way around. It's so important to just stay focused as a couple and that you don't let your adrenaline get the best of you by dancing too fast to the music or whatever.

When it came to the stylish and graceful art of ballroom dancing, my dad was a king of the clubs, a prowling tiger and a wonderfully natural mover.

You just can't take a crash course to be a tango dancer in a movie.