Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company.

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.

The lowest wisdom of the wise is greater than the highest wisdom of fools.

The only person who can pull you down is yourself. If you choose to pull yourself down, please don’t complain.

What if winning the gold medal at the Olympics wasn't the end?What if... it was only the beginning?

An idea is a curious thing. It will not work unless you do.

I find that if I get up and push myself, I get lost in what I'm doing, and I forget about everything else until I stop doing it.

What are we fighting for? What are we killing for? What do you see when you look into the future?

You better lose yourself in the music

How wayward is this foolish love that, like a testy babe, will scratch the nurse and presently, all humble, kiss the rod.