Quotes from A. J. Pritchard

I'm ready to conquer anything thrown at me.

Me and my brother are so focused on working together, building our careers.

My aim for my dancing and fitness is to achieve flexibility in those disciplines so I am spending time to make sure I stretch after each workout or dancing session I do to give me further strength and ability.

I feel really passionate now that talking with family, friends, or a counsellor is the way to deal with negative situations and difficult times.

You never know how times will change in where you are in your life.

People are going to make their own minds up, and seeing how happy people are together and how much fun they're having, people are always going to think 'ooh are they in a relationship? They look so happy together.'

Strictly' is so positive, we have so much fun doing a show like 'Strictly,' you don't have to worry.

Seeing my dad crying is the worst.

As long as you're happy, I think that is the main thing. It's something people forget way too often these days getting so stressed thinking about what other people's opinions are or what they need to do tomorrow.

I think the best way to explain my brother is that he's infectious and everybody falls in love with him.

I want to show people what I'm about - not just, 'Here's my celebrity partner this year that I'm going to showcase.'

If I do the same thing each year, that feels like I am sat on a shelf, and mentally that wouldn't be wise.

Peter Pan has been one of my dream roles since I was a child.

If someone comes up to me and asks me for a photo, if they do it politely, I'm always going to say yes.

Gay, straight, young, older - everyone enjoys what I do.

I think for me I was in kindergarten, so I was very young and my teacher acknowledged that I was very dyslexic when it came to reading and writing and processing that information.

Within the dancing world, where we come from, there's a lot of same-sex partners as in, young girls dancing because there's not always enough boys to dance.

I've been smart with my money and own a property in London so I'm very happy, and I've got a nice car.

If I'm hungry, I get very angry. If I don't have caffeine, my coffee or my energy drink, I get even more angry. Then I like to snack, then I get more angry because I've had a snack.

Why does everyone need to have a label?

My brother and I had a wonderful mentor when we were younger who helped fund our dancing career so we could travel the world.

You can't be in the zone in front of 12 million people, you've got to be chill.

I loved being a part of 'Celebrity MasterChef.' The process was scary and I was so out of my comfort zone but I've learnt so much. Doing something I'd never done before put me in the position of the celebs on 'Strictly' and because of that experience, I think i'll be a better teacher because of it.

I'm very proud of what I do and anything I do I represent, I feel like myself and my brand and if somebody's trying to be negative, I don't really read comments online.