For every dancer, no matter how amazing your career, there's more to life than ballet. Being adored by your audience, it's only part of the story.
Diets don't come into it. You need variety and to have a good source of greens, protein, and nutrition. It is about health rather than looking right.
I love chocolate, but it's bad.
When I was at the Royal Ballet School, I remember receiving my first eyeshadow palette from Marks & Spencer as a gift. It sparked my interest in beauty, which peaked when I became more involved in theatre and got to experience so many stunning image transformations to suit different productions.
Keeping off wheat helps my energy levels.
I never imagined I'd be a presenter on television, but I'm happy to put myself out of my comfort zone.
It is entertainment; we mustn't forget that. Dance is entertainment. You can have the best technicians in the world, but they'll be boring to watch. It has to be about entertainment as well, but it's quality, grace.
My 'new' knee now feels like a bionic knee compared with my old one.
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.
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.
Even after having children, after five months I was dancing again, which was kind of crazy.
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.
The Royal Academy of Dance is an institution that trains to a very high standard.
I don't see anything negative about dance. It is so good for you, mentally and physically, and so for me to promote it is the easiest thing to do.
Weirdly, I didn't even know that I said 'yah' all the time.
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.
When I started on 'Strictly,' I was terrified. Live television seemed like the most daunting thing in the world.
I loved gymnastics, and my gymnastics teacher said ballet was essential to help my dance routines in competitions. I only really went because my friends were going as well. It wasn't this kind of hidden love. Then, slowly, my friends stopped going and I thought, 'I like this. I am going to stay.'
Being a ballerina can be a very unnatural life, especially after you've had children.
Ballet is a healthy world despite what people might think. There's a perception that ballet dancers are skinny and unhealthy, but that's rubbish. You have to be strong, so eating regularly and healthily is essential.
