Abby Lee Miller Quotes

My mother taught children to love to dance.

I’m not this horrible, evil person.

I had a PET scan, and it was cleared. Not one cell of cancer after three rounds of chemo. But I still had seven more just for safety, which was stupid. I should have just worked on therapy.

I do not raise brats!

So many people think of me as a character on TV, but first and foremost, my passion is teaching dance and creating employable, working dancers.

I just was never into performing. It’s just hard work. It’s hard work.

I can take a beginner kid that has never danced in their lives, and I can teach them something, or I can take a really advanced dancer, and I can make them into a professional.

I hate what I look like on TV, and I want to look better, and nothing makes the mothers more jealous.

If I could have worked from the time I was born until I was 18 and never had to work again, I would have done it.

If you want someone to say, ‚She’s so sweet, and she’s so cute, and, honey, point your foot,‘ that’s not my school. You can go to the YMCA and have a nobody teach your kid if that’s what you want to hear.

I rely on other people every day of my life.

I made bad decisions. I’m not denying that I made bad decisions.

I try to be vegan… I really, really try. I don’t eat any red meat, and the whole animal thing really upsets me, so I’ve tried.

Like it or not, there are a lot of dance teachers in this country who respect me, whether they personally like me or not.

How does a nice Catholic girl end up going to prison for a year? It’s crazy. I’ve made mistakes. I have to pay for those mistakes.

I’ve been in continuing education programs since taking my dance master’s exam at age 21.

I didn’t have any children of my own.

According to Lifetime, I don’t know anything about TV.

My name is not unfamiliar to anybody in the dance community. I’m talking the upper echelon of dance studios.

Do your job. Do it the best you can. Do it right, because somebody, sometimes your best friend, is waiting for you to screw up so she can take your place.

As far as the general public is concerned, I always tell people that you need to look like a dance teacher like you’re looking for a pediatrician.

I have goals.

I made lots of mistakes – the number one mistake being trusting other people with my money.

What I’m denying is that I’m this cutthroat financier.

I’m a can-do girl.

I like to choreograph and create and design the costumes and do it all and then step back and watch it and then move on to the next project.

Britney Spears was an incredible dancer. That kid was amazing.

I’m not talent. Not considered ‚talent‘ by Lifetime. I’d like to say I’m their savior, but that would be cocky.

I don’t think I get that upset over things.

My wheelchair is like the Cadillac of wheelchairs; it goes up and down and back, and I can lay down in it.

I can make something magical and wonderful out of nothing.

I’m not a bad person.

Dancers are always striving for perfection. A great dancer never achieves it: you always want to do another turn, a higher jump,a more difficult acrobatic jump.

I always thought I would die of cancer because my mom and my dad both died of cancer. My dad died of osteocancer, and my mom died of colon cancer.

If you have the ability to pick yourself up by the bootstraps and start over, you come out stronger because you learn from whatever mistakes you made.

I have a little bit of PTSD when I hear a big bang or a loud noise or keys – I jump out of my skin.

I have good days and bad days.

The rules are there for a reason.

If your mom cries a lot, you probably cry a lot. It’s what you learn.

I think any activity you have your kids in, you’re all trying to live vicariously through them. And you’re jealous of the kid that’s naturally more talented or has the facility, the body, the genes, or the God-given talent. People get jealous of that.

I declared bankruptcy, and that was the worst thing I ever should have done.

I have spent so much time and so much energy making other people’s children stars.

You always have to remember that if you say something negative, it’s going to come back to haunt you.

Cry if you have a compound fracture, by all means. Or if your grandpa died. But otherwise, save it for your pillow.

Everybody wants to be me. What can I say?

My success rate speaks for itself.

I don’t want flowers or candy or anything like that. I just want somebody to say, ‚Wow, you’ve done a great job.‘

People don’t realise how difficult it is to work with people day in and day out that know absolutely nothing.

I’m an only child.

When I tell a child something the first time, I’m nice. The 15th time, I start to get aggravated.

I have spent the greater part of my life in a hotel room with seven or eight kids, looking after everyone, sorting out fights, wiping noses, handing out towels, not having a clean towel left for me.

I’ve taken so many kids out of Pittsburgh and onto the great white way in New York City right into a Broadway show.

I’ve been invited to do ‚Dancing With the Stars‘ three times, but Lifetime said no.

I saw ‚Magic Mike,‘ and I thought it was great.

When you’re so busy shooting 12 hours a day, you just eat what someone sticks in front of you.

TV’s a big deal in prison. A big deal. People watch it nonstop.

When you walk into my classroom, I’m going to give it to you straight, just like in the real world, because that’s the only way to prepare you for the real world.

I was raised to be independent.

For the general public or psychos on Facebook, for everyone who’s made one negative comment about me, I’ve probably gotten 250-300 positive comments.

I was told that someone on Facebook said something ‚horrible‘ about me. Who cares? At least they’re watching the show.