Top 89 Quotes & Sayings by Valentin Chmerkovskiy

I love to love. I just have to find somebody to love.

I don't physically have the strength to be productive at work following a three-hour sleep. I can't do that.

I think the only way a blessing is realized is if you pass it forward.

Tommy Chong is one of my favorite celebrities of all time.

We moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., with no idea how to speak the language. The second day in America, my brother got robbed for his roller blades. That was a very traumatic experience.

I mean, I'm a Ukrainian immigrant from Brooklyn who grew up dancing and playing the violin!

I try to do my very best and hopefully that comes through, first to my partner, second of all with Dancing with the Stars, my employer, and third of all with the fans.

For me, there's life before and after facial hair, so that's how I look at everything.

In some ways, what 'Hamilton' has done for Broadway shows - what it has done for the interpretation of history and how it fused all these worlds together into this modern, contemporary, hip-hop field, and delivered it in such an incredible way - we were inspired to do a similar thing for ballroom dancing and for dance shows in general.

Being a son to the greatest parents of all is up there with hopefully being a decent friend to some.

I look like 300' up front. Turn to the side, I look like a zebra.

I grew up dancing, I grew up competing in dance, being on television, and I pursued dance for my own self-reflection and fulfillment, and now as I'm getting older, I see that everybody seeks a greater purpose.

I don't think there's better dancing out there than 'Dancing with the Stars.'

It's crazy how fast life moves.

Both my brother and I have only had dance experience with ballroom dancing.

I wanted to provide not only for my family but my country.

The best part about live shows is you have a script, and you throw it out after the first five minutes.

My newly acquired title of being an uncle boy was this a special one life-changing it even made my Instagram bio.

I play basketball, I play soccer, I draw, uh I like girls.

It's not about the gold medals or the trophies or the money. It's about the people that you cherish and can share incredible moments with.

I'd make a cute couple with a lot of people, you know what I'm sayin'?

I'm more eager to be a father than a husband, for sure.

You can't pay me to stand on a treadmill for more than five minutes, but I love being physically active.

My favorite breakfast cereal is Cocoa Pebbles.

Adults are just kids who have spent a little more time on this earth.

I feel like having kids is the greatest gift you can possibly have.

I can't control what people think. I live my life and I try to live it, you know, the way I want to live it.

I've never felt like this country owed me anything. If anything, I am forever in debt to this country.

I watched the buildings go down on 9/11. I saw how much that impacted our country.

I am getting even better with age aesthetically.

I've played classical violin since I was 5 years old.

From the fans to the hands that move the props to the producers who help me with concepts and wardrobe that helps me with I pour my heart into every single detail, so to see that reciprocated, that support meant the world to me.

I was the kid who didn't speak English, with a violin and ballroom dance shoes.

I'm a man of few words and many actions.

I play a mean game of Connect Four.

I would love to be partnered with someone who really wants to dance, who really wants to do it well. Because sometimes you get people that sign up for the wrong reasons.

I don't think it's very masculine to whine about your injuries.

And the beauty, me being a dance ambassador, is - what I find a lot of pride in is how inclusive dance is and that it doesn't judge based on any of the past. It kind of just wholeheartedly welcomes people in.

I was at a point in my career where I longed for a bigger stage, a brighter light, and I'm very grateful to 'Dancing With the Stars' for allowing me to become part of that incredible production and incredibly talented cast. I am forever in debt to them for that opportunity.

Not everyone gets to be a winner unless they choose to be. Winning is a mentality.

I think there's so many shows out there that have pushed the limit on technology and all of that stuff. I think people are much more interested in real good, feel-good stories.

I would love to have kids. I can't wait to be a father, had a great father - still have a great father.

I think what made Dancing With the Stars' the number one show for so long, is that we take our craft seriously, we take our relationships seriously.

Doing what you love and doing it with the people you love is the ultimate dream.

I know pictures say a thousand words, but they also don't say millions of other words that need to be said.

Honestly there's nothing soothing, nothing consoling like being part of a collective, dancing to music.

There's this love and pride and loyalty, but there's also a great deal of generosity and I think that's at the core of why I love being a performer.

Sometimes it's nice to have a little recognition.

For as long as my body allows for it, I want to keep going.

My dad had two college degrees but came here and was boxing pizzas. He was willing to pay his dues for the opportunity to live here and breathe this air.

When you're on tour and you're more or less attached to the hip with people, you're sharing a bus, you're next to one another at all times, for me it's important to find my own space even it's for an hour of the day just to reset.

I have nothing but the most incredible things to say about Christie Brinkley because of the person that I've met in the last month and a half, not really having an extensive knowledge of what her career looked like.

Every partner has their strengths, and our responsibility as professionals is to recognize those strengths and capitalize on them, choreographically. You have to translate that chemistry on the dance floor and make their personalities shine.

I rarely drink, but when I do, I prefer Tequila.

Without the hard work and the focus and the drive, you're not going to accomplish much.

To accomplish something yourself is one thing, but to be able to guide someone else to that moment is even better.

My father is my hero, my mother is a saint, and I want to fill those shoes and I want to be a father for somebody else.

I believe in my partner always; whether that translates into winning or not that's irrelevant but I believe I'm going to win every season.

The reality is that we were blessed with parents that put us into a lot of things.

I'm a 15-time national champion, so for me I had a long, competitive dancing career before joining 'Dancing With the Stars.'