Darcey Bussell

Fonteyn was our first proper British ballerina, and from the moment I started dancing, her image engulfed me. In my first year at the Royal Ballet School, Margot's statue was outside my dormitory. Like generations of budding ballet dancers before me, I used to touch her middle finger for luck. ”

I hate throwing personal things away, especially my cards. As I know I won't be dancing for ever, these are the things that I will look back on. ”

The jogging machine makes me go insane with boredom. ”