In '74 it was really a very gloomy atmosphere, I would say, to put it mildly.

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.

Wisdom gives you the understanding of how to live without being dependent oncircumstances in this life.

I thought I understood what was best. I knew too little and believed too soon.

It's better to find a stunt person who can act. It's easier to do that than to find an actor who can do a stunt.

Real beauty lies in the spiritual accord that is called love which can exist between a man and a woman.

To possess a good cognomen is a long way on the road of success in life.

When I was in N.Y. bartending, I was in a billion music videos. I was in Madonna, George Michael, Salt-n-Pepa - it goes on and on.

Man is both strong and weak, both free and bound, both blind and far-seeing. He stands at the juncture of nature and spirit; and is involved in both freedom and necessity.

The world is an unfair place because of bullying. A lot of parents loose their children because of bullying next time think twice before bullying someone.

Your burden is of false self-identifications—abandon them all.

Something I learned early in college (is) to not worry about what I can't controlBut what I can control is my attitude, my effort, my focus every single day and that's what I'm trying to worry about.