The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for.

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I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.

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There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I had no pain.

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Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that I was as a child.

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When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in a way, the real world.

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I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes.

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And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that dancing would be my chosen profession.

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But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move around. I'm always moving around.

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I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's dresses and high heels.

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The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as often as possible.

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