Top 45 Shirley Ballas Quotes

I haven’t got a green bone in my body. I have not got a jealous streak of any type at all.

I’m a person who likes to live in the moment because yesterday’s gone and tomorrow is promised to nobody.

I meditate and take time for controlled breathing.

I always felt in my life I had something to prove. To myself, and to anyone who ever said I wouldn’t amount to anything.

It’s important to show your gratitude for where you are in your life and for those around you.

I’m paranoid about mosquitoes.

Ever since I was a little girl I always wanted to be so perfect.

There are always some people that like what you do and there’s always going to be some who don’t like what you do.

If it’s good-looking men you’re after, the place to go is Italy. Every Italian I’ve ever come across is handsome.

My mother collects engagement rings.

I am terrible at remembering names.

I’ve been in an industry of glitz since I was a little girl. I’m always going to love to wear eveningwear and eyelashes.

I’m proud of winning the British Open in 1983 when I was very young.

If I was in a relationship again it would have to be with somebody that really cared about me, who was kind, caring and loving.

One of the things people learn with me is I don’t need to pull someone else down to build myself up, and I will live and die by that rule.

My dad left when I was two and I didn’t know too much about his family.

Aside from dancing, the biggest and proudest moment of my whole entire life was when my son Mark was born.

I love to work but just as important is the time that you spend with your family.

I’ve discovered if you have a small circle of people you know you can rely on – in good times, bad times, happy times, sad times – who aren’t going to judge you and will, sometimes, just sit and listen to you without saying anything, then I think you’re very fortunate.

There was some bullying going on in my industry, which I felt particularly when I was growing up and as I got older.

You have to put your partner and family at the top of the list and there must be downtime – time for gardening, cooking time, book reading time.

It was scary to move to the U.S.

I don’t dwell, I’m not a dweller. I just like to keep moving forward, because life is short.

My mum has taught me that the clock is ticking and you have to enjoy every moment – you can not replace time.

I am self-critical and always have been.

‘Strictly’ is so loved by the British public, I have always been a massive fan.

I’m such a perfectionist that I see every mistake that I make.

I am not a Suzy Homemaker.

I’ve had cancer cells removed from my womb several times.

I think dancing was a way of showing your femininity and, through the years, your strength, because it’s a male-dominated industry.

I decided to learn how to cook and cook I did. And I ate it all – and everyone else’s food too.

I have a little piece of extra skin – a good inch – on the end of my chin that I play with like Silly Putty.

If I could go back to my younger self, I would never have had the implants done. I feel relieved and I feel proud for removing them now.

When I met Corky, he was a cook, a chef. He never started dancing seriously until he was 21, which shows you can make it from any age.

I just remember one girl really getting me on the field and beating the holy crap out of me. I never to this day know why. And then people used to be funny because we were on welfare. People used to make fun of you. But I used to get school dinners so I thought it was great, I got a hot meal every day.

When I moved to L.A. I was single and didn’t want to be on my own.

No one wants to see my bits jiggling.

I’m quite a softie really.

I didn’t overly have friends in L.A. I would work and come home and watch television.

I thought I’d have this fantastic bust and everyone would look at me and think I was amazing. After the operation I did feel fantastic: I’d put a bra on and I had a cleavage.

On Twitter one lady said, I’ve seen corpses that look better than Shirley.’ I saw the picture she was talking about that Comic Relief had posted and I thought, Well yeah, she’s got a point.’

Without a stable mind, it’s difficult for anything else to function.

Ballroom is a man’s world. It’s tough for women, particularly single women. But I’ve never expected life to be anything but tough.

My whole life I’ve never felt, as a female, I was up to scratch.

As a child I was always busy, always throwing myself into something, whether it was the Brownies or a play at school.