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My daughter does not travel with me. She has a much more stress-free life at home with her daddy. Motsi Mabuse

Life Home Me Travel Daughter More She Does Much Daddy Her

The biggest issue for me has been the language because I speak so much German now. I've had to focus on my English and find more words to describe what I want to say and also soften my tone. It was quite stiff from 20 years of speaking German, so when I started speaking more English, oh my god, my tongue was like: 'Argh'! Motsi Mabuse

God Me Words Speak Language Focus Soften Say Has-Been Find More Had Like Also Because Stiff Issue Been Years German Quite Oh Oh My God Want Biggest Much Speaking English Describe Now Tone Started Tongue

There is a word in German, called gerechterweise, which means fairness. I need to be fair, it's just the part of my personality. Motsi Mabuse

Personality Word Part Fair Fairness German Just Which Means Need

Strictly is the master of all dance programmes. It's so big! Motsi Mabuse

Dance Master Big Programmes Strictly

My daughter thinks that only her mum is on the television. Every time she sees the screen anywhere she's like mummy! Because we don't let her watch the TV. Motsi Mabuse

Time Daughter Every Every Time Television TV Only Sees Like She Because Screen Anywhere Mum Mummy Her Watch Thinks

In my normal life I don't walk around with make-up. I'm just a mum at a dance school. Motsi Mabuse

Life School Walk Dance Around Normal Normal Life Just Mum

In a way, it is easier to be the younger sibling, as the older one has to pave the way. Motsi Mabuse

Older Way Easier Younger Pave Sibling

I know how it feels to work hard and to work with a celebrity. Motsi Mabuse

Work Work Hard Feels Know How Celebrity Hard

If something doesn’t go your way, then look for another way. If something’s broken, fix it. Oti Mabuse

Broken Way Something Look Another Another Way Go Fix Then Your

I couldn’t ask for anything else. I am super, super happy. Oti Mabuse

Happy I Am Else Super Am Anything Anything Else Ask

With TV presenting, I speak a lot anyway! Oti Mabuse

Speak TV Lot Anyway Presenting

I'm smiling every single day because every opportunity I've been given feels like a baby in Disneyland, I'm constantly hoping to move on to the next job. Oti Mabuse

My first passion was to create for young girls the idea that you have to be brave and courageous, it's not easy taking big steps and saying, 'I'm going to be a professional dancer'. Oti Mabuse

Saying You Passion Be Brave Girl First Big Young Dancer Easy Taking Idea Steps Courageous Brave Going Young Girls Create Professional

My family plays a big part in my role as a dancer and my sister was my first trainer. She’s still my role model and inspiration until this day. She was my first trainer, she taught me my first steps. Oti Mabuse

The goal was for me to become a civil engineer. But one day I really felt that it was important for me to do what I really loved. I was really good at engineering, but I didn’t have a passion for it, so going to work was something I had to do, not something that I really wanted to do. Oti Mabuse

Work Good Day Me Passion Engineer Important Become Engineering One Day Civil Something Had Felt Goal Going Wanted Loved Really

I’m obsessed with 'Wicked', and I’d love to play Nala in 'The Lion King'. Some of the songs from 'The Lion King' are performed in my native tongue, so when the cast performed an extract from the show in 'Strictly' in the language I grew up with, it made me cry. Oti Mabuse

At the end of the day, a show like 'Strictly' is not about what colour you are, or where you come from. It is about how hard you are prepared to work and how well you can dance. Oti Mabuse

Work Day You End Of The Day Dance Strictly About Colour Come Like Well How End Where Hard Show Prepared

I like to be so good, that no-one can have anything to say about me; my dancing speaks for itself. Oti Mabuse

Good Me Dancing Say About No-One Like Itself Anything Speaks

It's really important to always have a positive mind-set, no matter what people have been through. Oti Mabuse

Positive People Matter Important Mind-Set Through Always Been Really

I have a thing for earphones - I have five types. Oti Mabuse

Types Five Thing

In the rest of Europe, dance is seen as a sport and in the UK it’s seen as an art. And art isn’t subsidised in the same way sport is. Oti Mabuse

Art Dance Rest Seen Way UK Sport Same Europe

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