I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no such thing.

I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training.

When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

Be. Good. To yourself, to other people, to everything you do. It's a norm of life by which people should try to live. Don't waste time. Be interesting and interested.

The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.

I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying.

No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything.

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.

When I see people on the street, I look at how they walk. It's like a signature, a fingerprint.

There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in order to be able to take something.

Every time you have to make a choice about anything, think "Does this go toward or away from what I want?" Always choose what goes toward what you want.

If I were planning to be stranded on a desert island, I wouldn't take Freud's books with me, because I've already read them all.

I'd love to do a golf movie. I turned down Don Johnson's role in 'Tin Cup.' I regret that.

I personally don't enjoy films that bring black people down. I find that a majority of the films that black people are starred in nowadays, are ones focused on gang violence or dancing.

One who has learned to love all people will find plenty of people who will return that love.

I beg you, reject antiquity, tradition, faith, and authority! Let us begin anew by doubting everything we assume has been proven!

We're all damaged in our own way. Nobody's perfect. I think we're all somewhat screwy. Every single one of us.

If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.

I have this terrible dark side to my personality, which playing tennis keeps at bay

A lone walker is both present and detached, more than an audience but less than a participant. Walking assuages or legitimizes this alienation.