We wanted to be achievers, but being an achiever didn't mean that you stopped being a woman.
The world went by, and we didn't get caught up in all the other things, because we didn't have time. We had no spare time. It was always thinking about training and focusing on what we wanted, our goals.
When I got my diagnosis, I treated it like the Olympics. I tried to stay positive and told my doctor I was going to be the best patient he'd ever had.
When you are doing something soft and pretty and feminine, some romantic chemistry - a power boost of hormones - helps the piece.
There were pretty rigid rules and real traditional music. Traditional choreography. It's gradually gotten more free, and the rules have changed.