I feel like a tiger right now. There's nothing impossible if you get up and work for it.

You're out on stage, the music is blaring, the crowd is screaming, the lights are flashing, your heart is pumping, the sweat is flying, and it's the greatest feeling in the whole world.

Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success.

Life isn't about the number of times you're knocked down, it's about the number of times you get back up.

Since I was a kid, I've been a dancer, and, of course, I'll always be a dancer till the day I die.

Anything is possible. I've got a few more miles in me. I'm not going to feel sorry for myself.

Promise me you will appreciate every moment because we are the lucky ones

I can go back to when I was six years old. I was always getting in trouble for dreaming, and the things I got in trouble for dreaming then are the things I'm doing today.

I'm not an egomaniac like a lot of people say. But I am the world's best dancer, that's for sure.

When's the last time you walked by a pub in Dublin and heard Irish music? When's the last time you ordered a coffee and heard an Irish accent?

It has always been my dream and ambition to introduce Irish dancing to the world.

...I need to return briefly to a few incidents that have grown into anecdotes, to some approximate memories which time has deformed into certainty.

I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny.

I feel bad sometimes because I secretly hope New Orleans gets nailed again.

The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.

Governments should not be able to bulldoze a person's home or business to benefit other individuals.

A stronger middle class is not the consequence of economic growth. A stronger middle class is the cause of economic growth.

I will say what I want to say. I had some homosexual experiences as a young person.

The whole point of animation to me is to tell a story, make a joke, express an idea. The technique itself doesn't really matter. Whatever works is the thing to use.

I never, ever, ever had deltoids! Oh my God, when I'm doing exercises and I see them pop out, I'm like, Yes!

You are not so good a Christian when you are neglecting a plain duty as when you are performing it. And joining the church is a plain duty for all who mean to be Christians.