Fortunately for children the uncertainties of the present always give way to the enchanted possibilities of the future.

The nature of my compulsion was such that I danced in my sleep. The entire household was sometimes awakened by loud thumping sounds coming from my room.

When you are on stage you are having an affair with three thousand people.

Fortunately for children, the uncertainties of the present always give way to the enchanted possibilities of the future.

The dance goes on forever. So shall I. So shall we.

As unnatural as dancing is, you have to find a natural way to do the unnatural.

As soon as you become afraid to make a fool of yourself, you're in trouble. I decided I may as well just see if I can live with myself making millions of mistakes and learn something from it.

... each action taken in this world has its echo in the heart.

I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life I've been what others wanted - in dancing and in life. Now I'm doing it my way.

Ballet is a riddle of means and ends.

I danced with passion to spite the music.

Loving for beauty is like vowing a lifetime commitment to a rose. No-matter how sweet-scented or pink "petald", every rose withers.

Life is short. Live each day to the fullest. You may see God face-to-face tomorrow...

Man has his will - but woman has her way.

Follow your own particular dreams. We are handed a life by peers, parents and society, you can do that or follow your own dreams. Life is short, be a dreamer but be a practical person.

I love comic books, comic book characters and superheroes.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.

Being is like pretending.

You've got to make a conscious choice every day to shed the old - whatever "the old" means for you.

Every year it changes, sometimes I'm good at the 50m, sometimes I'm terrible, it really depends. I'm still not sure what my best event is.

I know what I like when I see it, but no way have I ever become interested in learning about it.