A biography for Shirley Ballashasn’t been written yet.
“I'm the happiest at home when I get a visit from my daughter-in-law, BC Jean, and Mark Ballas, my son. They'll pop round for breakfast or I'll attempt to cook them a meal. That's the most special time for me.”
“'Strictly' was my first job in TV ever.”
“I was engaged at 16 to Nigel Tiffany and he's now my financial adviser, so we've been friends all these years.”
“I'm such a perfectionist that I see every mistake that I make.”
“If you use your time well and you have your health you are already a millionaire and everything else is secondary.”
“Ballroom is a man's world. It's tough for women, particularly single women. But I've never expected life to be anything but tough.”
“People get embarrassed about admitting they feel low but you can't help the way you feel. Which is why exercise, taking vitamins and having time out for meditation are so important.”
“I am not a Suzy Homemaker.”
“I'm proud of winning the British Open in 1983 when I was very young.”
“I don't want to go into a relationship that can't go anywhere.”
“I always felt in my life I had something to prove. To myself, and to anyone who ever said I wouldn't amount to anything.”