Words matter. These are the best Motsi Mabuse Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
My daughter thinks that only her mum is on the television. Every time she sees the screen anywhere she’s like mummy! Because we don’t let her watch the TV.
I’ve danced before, so I know how it feels to stand in front of judges and be critiqued.
I can’t just go out in a T-Shirt and say, ‘Hey, today I’m not wearing a bra.’
My daughter does not travel with me. She has a much more stress-free life at home with her daddy.
Once you’ve been in the public eye, you are always going to be criticised.
In a way, it is easier to be the younger sibling, as the older one has to pave the way.
I’ve learnt the power of words. I’ve had the worst thrown at me.
Blackpool is absolutely huge in Strictly but when you come from South Africa and you have your first impressions and you arrive in Blackpool, well it’s different. It’s different let’s put it that way. But what I’ll also say, if you walk into the ballroom it’s absolutely spectacular.
I try to see the lightness of life, and that comes from having a hard time growing up.
In Germany, you have to see that there are not a lot of black people in the media. I am a tiny bit of colour on German TV and there are a lot of kids who write to me.
My favourite part of Christmas is being together as a family.
I have learned that it’s OK for me to say no to things.
To watch people dancing is the most entertaining thing on the planet and, as they take in more alcohol, the better it gets!
I never see Oti! I see her on the dance floor, I see her shortly at the after party but that’s it. In the week she’s doing her ‘Strictly’ zoom and I hardly ever see her.
You learn not to take things personally, but it can be hard.
I always say to my friends and my family, ‘Let us live in a space that if we never see each other again we don’t have bad energy there.’
One of the main points everywhere in my life is fairness. Coming from South Africa and being treated unfairly all your life because of your skin colour, that’s been a huge point.
You’ll always have someone attacking you in some way. But it’s weird from someone who’s never met you.
I missed my youth because I was dancing, I didn’t do all the crazy stuff. I didn’t have boyfriends or anything – the first man I met I married!
I respect traditions, you can’t walk all over them, but at the same time our world is changing. Life is about moving on.
I’m so thankful for dance because if I had grown up with just the bitterness of the very hard childhood we had, and I’d never ‘experienced the love of the dance world, then I probably would have been a very sad person.
The world of dance is where I felt accepted as a human being.
Our parents made a lot of sacrifices because dancing is not the cheapest sport. The dresses are expensive, so my mum learned to sew, and she started a catering company to pay for the lessons and the travel abroad for competitions.
I’ve learnt to not look that deeply into what people say as it’s mostly a reflection of themselves.
People only go by looks. If you have big breasts it doesn’t mean that you are dumb.
