Dancing With the Stars
Maurice Greene & Cheryl Burke
Eliminated November 11

How are you feeling about being eliminated?
Maurice: I’m okay, you know, it’s all okay.
Cheryl: Oh, it’s okay.

Do you feel the experience changed you in any way?
Maurice: I don’t know, did I change?
Cheryl: I didn’t know you before [laughs].
Maurice: I have always been a confident person and never looked at something I'm going into as going to fail; I go in to conquer it. That is my mentality. I learned one thing, though, and that is that nothing is ever given to you in life — you have to work for each and every thing you get. That is what I came out to do. I worked to get as far as we did, and had fun doing it.
Cheryl: Well, not knowing him before, I can say his dancing has improved. He’s always been fun and positive and a great influence in my life in that way. With all the crap that has been put out about me this season, the last thing I wanted to do was go into the studio and work. Maurice made look forward to doing it every day and put the best smile on my face and made me forget about all the other crap going around.

How has the experience of the show been for you?
Maurice: It’s a roller-coaster ride filled with ups and downs, but at the end of every coaster, you feel good. This was a challenge and a blast. I was able to conquer the things I need to and I feel I succeeded and didn’t fail.
Cheryl: You didn’t fail. You worked so hard. I am so proud of him, as he worked so hard. The hours he put in … he said he went through ups and downs, but no matter what, he can hold his head high. He made it through every week.

The party isn’t over, though, because you both have the tour coming up together now.
Cheryl: Yes, I am doing the tour now as of today.
Maurice: Well, I told them I wouldn’t dance with anyone else but her, so I am very happy. This is my partner.

What are you most looking forward to about it?
Maurice: The experience, that is what it is all about. I have toured for running, but nothing like this.
Cheryl: It’s going to be really cold.
Maurice: But I am from Kentucky, so it’s okay.