Artem Chigvintsev

“I've been working out every single day trying to get back into my dancing shape.”

“I grew up with grandparents. My grandparents played a massive part of my growing up.”

“The one thing I've done all my life, and I study it and I dedicated pretty much all of my time for the past two decades, is dancing.”

“Maybe we just need to strip away actual learning how to dance and do more gimmicks. Maybe that's what the judges will appreciate more.”

“It's just unreal. I mean, I'll be a dad. I'm just lost for words.”

“I always imagined myself, like, 'OK, one day I'll have a kid,' and then finally it's here. It's just like, for the first time, you have so much love that you never knew existed towards this little human being that you hold in your arms.”

“I'll be honest with you, being 37 years old, I'm thinking maybe it is time to do something behind the screen. Something more on the creative side than being a talent.”

“Like, for the first week and a half, I think we both woke up to every single noise the baby makes to make sure he is OK. Is it too cold? Is he still hungry? Is his diaper changed? You're just so worried that it's like it's the end of the world. I was freaking out, but it's not like there is a book on how to be a parent.”

“I don't have a particular type of woman. But I like to have fun and, while looks will go some way, laughter is extremely important.”

“You get used to cameras being with you 24/7, but you have to be prepared for people to have an opinion.”

“I've been, like, dancing in the living room with the baby, because when it screams and stuff, it soothes him.”

“Oh, I was sobbing, like, so bad when baby arrived. Like, I don't think people have seen a man sobbing like that. It was awful, but in the most joyful way. I mean, I was picking that baby up and putting him on me. And the baby, like, halfway opened his eyes and it just made me feel like, 'Oh my god, this is the most incredible thing.'”

“It's kind of become a journey about the dancers, but dancers are the reason why this show is so successful. They are the choreographers, they are the teachers and if not for their hard work, there would be no 'Dancing With the Stars.'”

“When people ask, 'How does it feel to be a dad?' Nothing I could've expected. It's better in such a different way. It's like unless you actually experience it, there's just no way you can explain with words.”

“Ballroom dancing is so specific... it's so unique in its own way, that there's not really a lot of outlets where you can utilize that.”

“You can't take a person who's never danced in their lives, and are completely terrible, and turn them into the mirrorball trophy holder. That just doesn't happen.”

“Like, I've danced all my life with girls... I know how to be with a girl.”

“Basketball players, they're great.”

“Nicole is, as I'm sure everyone is aware, she's very open. She's very sexual about things and she definitely doesn't hold back, which is very hard for me to accept, because I was raised in Russia.”

“Of course, if it's a boy, I want him to choose what he wants to do. If it's gonna be sports, I'm gonna totally be like, 'Yo. 100 percent. You want to do that, do that. If you're passionate about that, please do that.'”