Ballet Quote by Michaela DePrince

I trained as a dancer and did all that kind of stuff. And as a dancer, pressure's a good thing.

— Caroline Flack

You realize you can get good at something, even though ballet almost felt like you could never be good enough. No matter how hard…

— Susanna Hoffs

I've always worked very hard. I think dancers always do.

— Cyd Charisse

The hardest thing that I'll ever do, is ballet. Because you are either good or bad.

— Elle Fanning

Being one of the few African American women to make it to this level in a classical ballet company, the level of American Ballet…

— Misty Copeland

Honestly, I really just think I work too hard to feel any pressure.

— Jalen Brunson

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

There's always a new thing happening to me that's even more extraordinary, so pressure gets harder. But I like it when it's hard. Anyone…

— Celine Dion

When you train as a dancer, you understand you have to work exceptionally hard. I think dancers are the hardest - working people in…

— Laverne Cox

Letting go of perfectionism, so ingrained in the nature of a ballet dancer, can be the most difficult thing.

— Anonymous

I danced in corps de ballet for 11 hours a day. That was the hardest work I have ever done in my life. I…

— Sergei Polunin

I just put pressure on myself to work hard.

— Jalen Brunson