Darcey Bussell Quotes

From the moment I open my eyes, I'm trying to free my body. I'm trying to get looser, more flexible, to gain control. Movement is medicine to me.

In order to resist injuries and stay healthy, you have to be mobile and agile. You have to be able to have your body work for you.

I go to my physical therapist to keep fighting it and one of them told me if you don't use it, you lose it, but I know we're on television so I won't say what I would often say.

One of the things I found as a dancer is that you're trying to perfect your body but also protect it and keep it injury-free. When you work against your own weight, you're still building lean muscle and bone density, but you're in a safer zone.

Core strengthening is key to everything. It's not just about the way I look, but about stabilizing my body so I can perform better on stage.

All the scientists who are working on solving the problem of curing paralysis say that it won't do you any good if you don't keep your body in shape.

The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.

All physical activity begins with the body's core. I maintain the strength in my core so that I can jump, run, start, stop, and accelerate at the highest levels.

Flexibility depends upon your range of motion and will enable you to do more day-to-day tasks with comfort and ease.

Your body can't get stronger or more powerful unless you're balanced.

I love yoga. There's a lot of stretching involved, which helps with my flexibility and injury prevention. Vinyasa is my favorite as a recovery tool and for me to continue having my legs feel good.

I've always been working with my rehab people, just to keep my body loose and fluid.

I fall a lot during training.

A lot of the weaknesses we have are based on a lack of lateral movement, which can set you up for injury. When you exercise in multiple planes, you see improvements in balance, mobility, and function.

For me, a big thing, because I have really long legs, is core stability. It's very important not only for injury but also just to be able to carry my weight around properly and not feel like I'm collapsing in specific situations when I'm stretched out too far.

I think the two exercises that have helped me the most include using the bands with my ankles, and then another one of my favorites is where I lean on a balloon-shaped ball with my forehead touching it and rotate my head front, back and sideways to build up the muscles and ligaments in my neck.

I love the plie squat. I love that because I can feel my glutes and inner thighs, and it makes me feel grounded.

For exercise, I am doing a lot of Pilates. I am very tight and not very flexible, and so it is a nice balance between stretching and doing exercises.

The only regular exercise I do is playing my shows, which are basically two hours of aerobics.

Hamstring flexibility and hip mobility for me are the two most important factors on the field.

I like doing Pilates because I get to lie down on the floor for the duration of the session.

What I like about gyrotonics is you feel like you really elongated yourself for the day... As we all get older, everything changes and moves, and there's natural ways to exercise. I think it's important, and I think it's something that can help keep things in place.

My message is - keep moving. If you do, you'll keep arthritis at bay.

Physical rehab is often very, very hard work.

I used to do ballet all the time, and I do this ballet workout: it is an amazing thing called Barrecore. It is like pulsing. It turns your legs into, like, jelly, and you feel like a Bambi; you lose so much control over your body because you're pulsing so much.