Quotes from Shirley Ballas

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.

I am terrible at remembering names.

I've had a lot of trolling on Instagram, things I can't even repeat on air. The biggest shock was when it was hand-delivered to the Hippodrome theatre before I went on air. Hand-written.

I had breast implants done to save my marriage. It was the sorriest day of my life.

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

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

How many years did I waste worrying about the way I look? I'm almost 60 and it has taken me all these years. Don't wait until you get to my age to realize that you are beautiful.

A tradition I have on Christmas morning - my son has always been the one that cooks the breakfast and I am always the one in the evening attempting to cook the beautiful Christmas dinner. And during the day we just have a nice snore, a nice relax and watch a movie.

I'm not a judgmental person because I have been judged all my life.

If you use your time well and you have your health you are already a millionaire and everything else is secondary.

When you are part of a massive TV show like Strictly,' it's not just about the professional dancers and celebrities taking part, there could be young or old people out there who are watching and they might also be inspired to take up dancing, and I find that so special.

For years Corky was what I call a jokester. He'd tease me with things like, 'You've got breasts like two currants on a breadboard' or 'You've got a sunken chest like a pirate's something or other.' He didn't like my teeth until I got braces at 25. It's like a little pickaxe that goes, chip, chip, chip, until, in the end, you think you are ugly.

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

I know that my great-grandfather - George Rich - was born in Cape Town in 1866 and it set my journey off to go to Cape Town to discover and find out more.

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

I will never take any work or shopping for granted.

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.

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

For Strictly,' when you go out on a Saturday, you want to look your best for the public. I can't go out there in my jogging bottoms.

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

When I got the Strictly' job it made sense to come back to England.

'Strictly' was my first job in TV ever.

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

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