Jenna Johnson is putting her best nose, er, foot forward.

Despite taking an accidental hit to the face the day before the Dancing With the Stars quarterfinals on Nov. 10, Johnson confirmed she isn’t going to let the broken bone affect her and Harry Shum Jr.’s performances.

“It’s so funny, these little accidents always happen,” she exclusively told E! News following the show’s Grammys night. “Dance is a physical contact sport, and I want to always represent dancers as athletes. Just like any other professional athlete would get a little dinged up here or there, they would still go compete.”

“They kept asking me,” she added, like, ‘Do you want someone to dance for you?’ And I was like, ‘No, I love this dance. I’ve loved dancing this week with Harry. Like, no one is keeping me off the freaking dance floor.’”

And a good thing, too, since their salsa to “Die With a Smile” earned an impressive 29 out of a possible 30 points.

Plus, it helped that the people in Johnson’s life all have a nose for how to best carry her through the performance, despite the injury.