Sascha Radetsky Quotes

My goal was to become the best dancer in the world and, because I started late, I always had this feeling I was playing catch-up, so I've been a bit of a maniac most of my life, sort of striving.

I've dedicated my life to competitive dancing, so I'd like to pass that on to others. You can't be half-hearted about competitive dancing, you have to be prepared to give your whole life over to it.

I spend at least a couple hours a day in the studio, every day, whether I'm dancing or not.

I'm from Texas and actually went to a regular high school, but every day after school I'd run to dance class and practice a lot and then go back the next day and stuff like that.

I'm really grateful for my dancers' discipline.

Dancers are made, not born.

Skating takes up 70 percent of my time, school about 25 percent. Having fun and talking to my friends, 5 percent. It's hard. I envy other kids a lot of things, but I get a guilt trip when I'm not training.

Ballet is an incredibly difficult, beautiful art form that takes a lot of training, a lot of time, and a lot of hard work.

I don't think what people realize is I've been through years and years and years of training - piano, dance, vocal lessons.

He was one of those earnest, persevering dancers--the kind that have taken twelve correspondence lessons.

Truthfully, what we do in training is 10 times harder than what we ever have to do in a competition.

When you fight in the UFC and train with the guys that I train with, you learn that there is always still a lot of work to do.

The one way of getting better is by practising - both on and off the pitch.

You have to keep working and try to improve in every training session.

Every time I come and try to work hard in training, and when I get opportunities, try to work hard and do the things the boss asks us to do.

Not a game, not a game... practice.

The most essential thing in dance discipline is devotion.

Keep training harder and always challenge yourself.

I was so good at boxing because I worked hard. I worked harder than anybody. When other boxers used to box in the gym, three or four rounds, I used to box 10-20 rounds.

I believe you win games by what you do from your first practice until your first game

I train for about 30 hours a week. That's at least four hours every day. I swim at seven most mornings. It's got to be your life. You've got to fit everything around it. If that's all you know and it's what you love to do then it's got loads of positives as well.

A runner doesn't just show up and win a race. He trains long and hard. Do you just show up every day and hope to win?

I think that training is the key, definitely, and I devoted my life to it.

Hard work and training. There's no secret formula. I lift heavy, work hard and aim to be the best.

See to it that you temper yourself with one thousand days of practice, and refine yourself with ten thousand days of training.