Top 55 A. J. Pritchard Quotes

My brother and I had a wonderful mentor when we were younger who helped fund our dancing career so we could travel the world.

For me, it’s all about keeping an open mind; if you are always learning then you are always improving.

Focus is the secret to success. Focus and enjoying whatever it is you’re doing.

When I was asked to take part in ‘Celebrity Hunted’ I jumped at the chance, who wouldn’t want to run wild around the U.K. for two weeks being chased by a top secret service type team, whilst raising money for a cause very close to my heart – cancer.

Gay, straight, young, older – everyone enjoys what I do.

I’ve got a tattoo, my mum’s fine with that.

When you do ‘Strictly,’ you’re kind of restricted. You have to dance for 90 seconds, you have to choreograph for your partner.

The good thing about Curtis is he’s very confident and secure in himself, so he doesn’t waste his energy on any negative comments.

I had four fantastic years on ‘Strictly’ and they were honestly the best moments of my life – meeting friends, just seeing the whole team work.

I’m good at keeping my physical health. My brain is not allowed to have injuries, neither is my body.

I’m very proud of what I do and anything I do I represent, I feel like myself and my brand and if somebody’s trying to be negative, I don’t really read comments online.

If someone comes up to me and asks me for a photo, if they do it politely, I’m always going to say yes.

Sir Bruce Forsyth, God rest his soul, he could dance, he could entertain, he could do whatever was asked of him.

I know certain pro dancers would like to dance with a woman because that is what tradition is, and it kind of makes sense but it is very much down to someone’s personal opinion of what Ballroom and Latin dancing actually is.

Dance is about portraying and telling a story and whether that be two males, two females, a group of guys, or a group of girls, it doesn’t matter as long as the story is beautiful.

Doing ‘I’m A Celebrity’ is a childhood dream come true.

For me, exercise is a form of meditation and I find it very calming.

I never try to look for love but sometimes it finds me.

I think the best way to explain my brother is that he’s infectious and everybody falls in love with him.

I really appreciate life and I never take anything for granted.

Honestly my brother has always supported me through everything and I can’t wait to support him 100 per cent.

I’m ready to conquer anything thrown at me.

I don’t see myself going back to ‘Strictly’ as a professional in the same capacity as I started. But I’ll definitely keep dancing.

This endless violence in the U.K. has to stop.

Strictly’ is so positive, we have so much fun doing a show like ‘Strictly,’ you don’t have to worry.

My aim for my dancing and fitness is to achieve flexibility in those disciplines so I am spending time to make sure I stretch after each workout or dancing session I do to give me further strength and ability.

Stick to your heart.

I love being around gay people, going to gay clubs.

From the age of 12 when I decided to dance in high school, everyone was saying, ‘Oh, you’re a dancer,’ and there was that kind of stigma about it.

I do something to win it or I don’t do it at all.

I just live my life – but the support from the gay community is always fantastic. It’s really great because they are always the best people to always be around.

Perfect score… it should never happen! There is always room for improvement.

Food-wise I tend to eat pretty much what I want when I am remaining active so there are no secrets on that front, stay active and eat well and you will see results.

It doesn’t bother me or Curtis being questioned about our sexuality and it probably happens more because we’re dancers. That stereotype is disappearing, but people always made ignorant, short-sighted comments when we were growing up.

When it comes down to dance, dance is about movement to music.

I think that it is mad that everything always has to have a label – whether it be the clothes by designers, or whether you are in a relationship or not. Everybody always wants to have that label when it is not always necessary.

If you’re gonna do a job, do it properly.

As long as you’re happy, I think that is the main thing. It’s something people forget way too often these days getting so stressed thinking about what other people’s opinions are or what they need to do tomorrow.

It’s always been a dream of mine to have my own show.

People see me with sparkles and fake tan but nobody knows what I am like!

I think the thing is resolving problems rather than letting them fester.

I think for a female celebrity the Samba is one of the hardest dances to feel relaxed, to feel kind of sexy and running around the room doing the technique of a very hard dance.

I don’t give things up until I’ve conquered them and my focus went onto dancing and winning.

I like to think I’ve got some nice glutes here.

I’m super-hygienic.

People ask me who I’d like to dance with. I think that Lucy Fallon – she’s seems… She’s a good height. I saw her at a party once and I thought, blonde, yep – perfect. Lifts, we could work it.

People are going to make their own minds up, and seeing how happy people are together and how much fun they’re having, people are always going to think ‘ooh are they in a relationship? They look so happy together.’

Seeing my dad crying is the worst.

I loved being a part of ‘Celebrity MasterChef.’ The process was scary and I was so out of my comfort zone but I’ve learnt so much. Doing something I’d never done before put me in the position of the celebs on ‘Strictly’ and because of that experience, I think i’ll be a better teacher because of it.

The thing is, with doing our TV show ‘Strictly,’ and ‘Stand Up For Cancer’ and any shows I do for TV, it’s always so positive.

We should all just do what makes us happy and be open.

My view is, for example with Ballroom and Latin, they do same sex competitions for under 12s and there are usually more girls than boys who want to dance and so there would be all-girl partnerships.

If I post something on social media, like Instagram or Twitter, I never actually read the comments.

I get to perform in front of millions of people on Saturday nights, I get to choreograph and dance and nothing can bring me down.

At the end of the day, I’m my own person.