I'm a good teacher and am great at observation and picking out what's wrong and fixing it.
Abby Lee Miller
My wheelchair is like the Cadillac of wheelchairs; it goes up and down and back, and I can lay down in it.
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.
Don't hire a prison consultant.
It takes me about two hours to run into Target. People always want a picture. They hem and haw, and they can't spit the words out, so they waste about five minutes of my time just standing there getting ready for a picture. Just do it!
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.
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.
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 saw 'Magic Mike,' and I thought it was great.
I have no problem yelling at anybody's kid - free of charge!
I made bad decisions. I'm not denying that I made bad decisions.
You don't need a lot of credentials to be prison guard in a federal prison. And, you know, you give them a set of keys and a weapon, and they're in power.
My success rate speaks for itself.
I was always interested in choreography - in making people think and feel something.
You always have to remember that if you say something negative, it's going to come back to haunt you.
Doing a show for three weeks is nothing like doing a show for seven seasons.
My name is not unfamiliar to anybody in the dance community. I'm talking the upper echelon of dance studios.
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 have an eye for detail.
I make decisions all day, so it's nice for a woman like me to go to dinner and have the man take the menu and say, 'Let me order.' Other women would be offended by that, but I'm like, 'Good. Because I can't make one more decision today.' I want someone to rub my feet without being asked.
I've been talked about by a lot better people than the general public.
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 been invited to do 'Dancing With the Stars' three times, but Lifetime said no.
I have dreams, and I want to see them come to fruition.
If your mom cries a lot, you probably cry a lot. It's what you learn.
Britney Spears was an incredible dancer. That kid was amazing.
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 made lots of mistakes - the number one mistake being trusting other people with my money.
I do not raise brats!
I'm not talent. Not considered 'talent' by Lifetime. I'd like to say I'm their savior, but that would be cocky.
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 declared bankruptcy, and that was the worst thing I ever should have done.
I don't want to hear the word 'can't.'
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.
Cry if you have a compound fracture, by all means. Or if your grandpa died. But otherwise, save it for your pillow.
The rules are there for a reason.
I don't think I get that upset over things.
I was told that someone on Facebook said something 'horrible' about me. Who cares? At least they're watching the show.
TV's a big deal in prison. A big deal. People watch it nonstop.
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.
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.
According to Lifetime, I don't know anything about TV.
I teach children to be winners.
I hate what I look like on TV, and I want to look better, and nothing makes the mothers more jealous.
When you're so busy shooting 12 hours a day, you just eat what someone sticks in front of you.
I don't want a brat on my team.
I can make something magical and wonderful out of nothing.
I want to be an executive producer.
I have good days and bad days.
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.