Quotes from Motsi Mabuse

In South Africa there are many women with a large chest. There you are not embarrassed when you visit a lingerie store to get a bra fitted.

I always wanted children but I was scared. Being responsible for a baby is such a big thing so I was nervous!

People only go by looks. If you have big breasts it doesn't mean that you are dumb.

I don't get that involved in politics because I'm in my dance bubble.

I'm not the kind of judge where you get away with everything, because I know my basics. But I'm the judge where, if you emotionally capture me, then you've got me, I'm in your team.

I have found clarity in my head and heart from being a mum.

I don't want my daughter to ever feel that she can't do something because of her skin colour.

I'd always dreamed of a fairytale wedding.

My daughter does not travel with me. She has a much more stress-free life at home with her daddy.

To feel like someone is excluded is something I'm very sensitive about. I'd never want any human being to feel that they are not welcome because of a certain thing, whether it's religion, sexual orientation, their sex or their skin colour.

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.

Once you've been in the public eye, you are always going to be criticised.

I celebrate life every day. I just wake up and say, 'Thank God. I have a bed. I have my husband. I have my baby.'

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.

I think a person of colour in any situation should be qualified to do the job. Not just because of the colour of their skin.

There is a word in German, called gerechterweise, which means fairness. I need to be fair, it's just the part of my personality.

I've learnt the power of words. I've had the worst thrown at me.

I try to see the lightness of life, and that comes from having a hard time growing up.

I can't just go out in a T-Shirt and say, 'Hey, today I'm not wearing a bra.'

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.

I've learnt to not look that deeply into what people say as it's mostly a reflection of themselves.

The biggest issue for me has been the language because I speak so much German now. I've had to focus on my English and find more words to describe what I want to say and also soften my tone. It was quite stiff from 20 years of speaking German, so when I started speaking more English, oh my god, my tongue was like: 'Argh'!

In a way, it is easier to be the younger sibling, as the older one has to pave the way.

I respect traditions, you can't walk all over them, but at the same time our world is changing. Life is about moving on.