Quotes About Opportunity

I'm just so made up that I said yes to 'Strictly.' It has been one of the most amazing things I've ever done.

I didn't get in to 'Strictly' the first time, but my determination and enthusiasm shone through and got me a job on the show the following year. Don't give up and turn the no's and setbacks into a positive!

'Strictly' is definitely life-changing, and I hope it can open another pathway for me, career-wise. Maybe something a bit more musical.

I suddenly received a call from my agent offering me the chance to do 'Strictly' and I had to make the decision within an hour or two. I was doing a different job towards the end of the year so I had to change my plans, but it was a no-brainer.

The best thing about 'Strictly' is it doesn't matter what level you start at, if you've never put a foot in front of the other in your life.

I missed out on the crash course that everyone else gets on 'Strictly' on every dance form.

At the end of the day, a show like 'Strictly' is not about what colour you are, or where you come from. It is about how hard you are prepared to work and how well you can dance.

Do you know what, before 'Strictly,' I've always regretted not training as a dancer.

I definitely want to do 'Strictly Come Dancing.'

I will forever be grateful for 'Strictly' and put my heart into each routine.

I'd like to do 'Strictly' because you learn something.

I'd love to go on 'Strictly' but I just don't think they'd let me on. I'm basically a ringer, as I've danced against some of the professionals in competitions when I was younger.

The first time I did a men's game, it was strictly because of an emergency. I went down with no preparation, but I was a fan and knew the teams. And I knocked them dead, so the next year, I had a package of men's games.

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

'Strictly' was my first job in TV ever.

I'm horrendous at dancing but I think if you do 'Strictly', you go on to another level, and that's a level I have never been at.

You only do 'Strictly' once, and I don't want to have to worry about competing with Harry Judd!

Actors don't really get into their stride until they're in their late 30s and 40s.

We have made great strides, but somehow we've got to create a climate so that everybody can do well, not just some.

Putting yourself in a position to observe and work with the pros, whether you are paid or not, is key to helping you make the kinds of strides that set you out in front of the pack.

I feel incredibly blessed that I'm in my generation and not my mother's generation. I feel that I'm very much benefitting from the strides that the women before me made.

Yeah, we've made beautiful strides, but what percentage of black people has made that stride when I go back to my neighborhood and see the same thing? I'm the only one who came out of my neighborhood. All of them dead, on drugs, selling drugs. Am I supposed to be honored and happy just by my success?

With luck, you have other things to do than wait for lightning to strike.

I'm a firm believer in that you've got to strike the iron when it's hot.