Abby Lee Miller

I can take a beginner kid that has never danced in their lives, and I can teach them something, or I can take a really advanced dancer, and I can make them into a professional.

I don't want flowers or candy or anything like that. I just want somebody to say, 'Wow, you've done a great job.'

I have goals.

Competitions are a business, first and foremost.

Do your job. Do it the best you can. Do it right, because somebody, sometimes your best friend, is waiting for you to screw up so she can take your place.

I like to choreograph and create and design the costumes and do it all and then step back and watch it and then move on to the next project.

You always have to remember that if you say something negative, it's going to come back to haunt you.

I don't like people going behind my back.

My wheelchair is like the Cadillac of wheelchairs; it goes up and down and back, and I can lay down in it.

I don't want a brat on my team.

I've been talked about by a lot better people than the general public.

As far as the general public is concerned, I always tell people that you need to look like a dance teacher like you're looking for a pediatrician.