“Dancers are the messengers of the gods.”

“People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life. ”

“Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion. ”

“A dancer isn't great because of their technique...they're great because of their passion.”

“Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.”

“I am a dancer. I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living.... In each it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.”

“You can be Eastern or Burmese or what have you, but the function of the body and the awareness of the body results in dance and you become a dancer, not just a human being. ”