I want to be happy, to look back and feel I danced well at the end of my career and didn't dwindle off. It would be too sad.

I am just so thankful that my mom was a fantastic mom. She wasn't a stage mother; she didn't push me. She was happy if I was happy. We are so different. I was very shy; my mom did all the talking. She was my strength. She never expected that I would be this ballerina.