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Being in ballet class, being on the stage, being surrounded by my peers at American Ballet Theater every day, keeps me so humble and grounded. Being in ballet class, I feel, is like this meditation for me every morning.

Ballet was this thing that just felt so innate in me, like I was meant to be doing this.

The ballet makes us look at those bodies, it makes us listen to that music, it makes us wonder at the geometry, of the way they come together. The way that extraordinary space is controlled and given such emotional force.

Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery.

The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.

I frequently go to the ballet, but I don't miss it in the sense that I wish I were still dancing.

I never went to a ballet until I was 45 years old. I don't know why.

Ballet became this escape for me. I feel like I was on my own a lot. I was searching for stability, so I was going off on my own and imagining what I thought stability was. Ballet became a way for me to cope.

Ballet teaches you how to hold yourself.

At age 10, I was better at ballet than I think I will ever be at any physical activity for the rest of my life.