Darcey Bussell Quotes
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I did ballet from the age of five, but what I loved was my gymnastics. I kept the ballet going because of the gymnastics, then found I was going to be too tall.
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Being on stage taught me how to apply eyeliner.
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You tend to regret the things you haven't done.
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The hardest thing about 'Strictly' is having to sit still for so long; it just about kills me.
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When I coach dancers, I always like to get on the dance floor with them or describe something by showing them.
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I need to have dark chocolate in the cupboard - Green & Black's is good, but any will do.
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The jogging machine makes me go insane with boredom.
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Dancing has always been a passion for me, one that I will probably never be rid of.
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My mum sent me to ballet from the age of five, not because I was that into it but because I had really knock knees.
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I would love more children, but no. I'm very lucky to have had my two.
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Classical ballet is very extreme. You're doing it six days a week, and it's a kind of obsession of perfecting a move. So every muscle in your body has been stretched and tightened, stretched and tightened.
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Looking after myself is something I probably have to be much more conscious of than the average person.
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I do a Zumba class at least twice a week, which entertains me and keeps me fit, and I have two dogs that I walk regularly.
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If you have enough ambition, you can create talent!
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I know, for me, dance did inspire me. Not just in how I feel but that confidence of being able to hold myself and come into a room and just feel comfortable with my body and how I stand and how you present yourself and just how you wear clothes, even.
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I wanted to inspire every little girl who wants to be a dancer to fire their imagination about the joys of being on the stage.
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I hate exercise when it's a regime, but I love a bit of dance, just moving the whole body.
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I love Australia; it's such an outdoor life.
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I am not a big vitamin-taker. I have vitamin C during the winter, but eating lots of fruit and veg does the trick.
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I wore myself out physically and mentally over my career, and I couldn't be there for my daughters in ways I should have been.
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The Royal Academy of Dance is an institution that trains to a very high standard.
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I've achieved everything I've wanted to achieve, so I'm not scared of failure. I never gave up, however bad the injuries got.
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There are always younger and better dancers fighting to get your place. You get worn down by the fight to try to stay at the top.
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Over the years, I've had two ankle operations, torn my hamstring, had my hip resurfaced, and snapped the anterior cruciate ligament in my knee.