My goal is to be the best TV presenter, the best entertainer, the best singer. I still want to be the best dancer. I want to be the best at everythin…

- Anton Du Beke

My favourite dance is the Foxtrot. It's a proper dance with proper music. It has class.

- Anton Du Beke

Being fit is the easiest part of being a dance professional. I used to just throw on a backpack full of rocks and run up a hill. You don't even have …

- Anton Du Beke

My perfect morning is spent drinking coffee, eating porridge and reading the paper at a local cafe.

- Anton Du Beke

If things don't go fantastically, you just have to deal with it.

- Anton Du Beke

Ballroom dancing: it's a wonderful thing at so many levels because you've got to follow the rules. They used to call those rules etiquette once upon …

- Anton Du Beke

It's great that ballroom dancing is being recognised. For many years ballroom dancers were misunderstood and other dance forms didn't want anything t…

- Anton Du Beke

Give up smoking. Don't get so fat. So much illness is self-induced - which I can't stand. And I'm not a good nursemaid. Don't call me if you're ill.

- Anton Du Beke

I'm a bit of a traditionalist; the ballroom is all about tails and I never mess about with that. But for the Latin you can have a bit fun: tight trou…

- Anton Du Beke