Shirley Ballas

For Strictly,' when you go out on a Saturday, you want to look your best for the public. I can't go out…

— Shirley Ballas

There was some bullying going on in my industry, which I felt particularly when I was growing up and as I got…

— Shirley Ballas

No one wants to see my bits jiggling.

— Shirley Ballas

I don't think anyone should assume anything about someone else's life.

— Shirley Ballas

It was scary to move to the U.S.

— Shirley Ballas

Ballroom is a man's world. It's tough for women, particularly single women. But I've never expected life to be anything but tough.

— Shirley Ballas

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

— Shirley Ballas

Don't do what I did and think you need to have these procedures to make you look more attractive. Don't look at…

— Shirley Ballas

How many years did I waste worrying about the way I look? I'm almost 60 and it has taken me all these…

— Shirley Ballas

I always felt in my life I had something to prove. To myself, and to anyone who ever said I wouldn't amount…

— Shirley Ballas

I meditate and take time for controlled breathing.

— Shirley Ballas

When you get to my age, 59, the thought of getting the Latin dress and the Latin shoes on is a bit…

— Shirley Ballas

I'm paranoid about mosquitoes.

— Shirley Ballas

I'm proud of winning the British Open in 1983 when I was very young.

— Shirley Ballas

As a child I was always busy, always throwing myself into something, whether it was the Brownies or a play at school.

— Shirley Ballas

I am self-critical and always have been.

— Shirley Ballas

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

— Shirley Ballas

When I was with my second husband, I'd always paint my nails and go to bed with my make-up on; he loved…

— Shirley Ballas

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

— Shirley Ballas

I like the table to be beautiful with flowers and a nice tablecloth. I'm the hostess with the mostess.

— Shirley Ballas

I am terrible at remembering names.

— Shirley Ballas

When I first went on Strictly' I had a little phase at the beginning, you know, when I was sat next to…

— Shirley Ballas

I don't like the darkness and sleep with the light on.

— Shirley Ballas

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

— Shirley Ballas

There are always some people that like what you do and there's always going to be some who don't like what you…

— Shirley Ballas