Quotes By Tyra Banks

I'm trying to build a strong business. I want to create new stars, new shows and new products for my audience and create a legacy that outlives me. There are so many other ways I want to reach women besides doing a talk show.

When I am full, I stop eating.

People always ask me if I'm going to stop modeling because I have started an acting career. I hope to continue to model for years to come.

I have so many goals.

My fingers used to hurt really bad when I played guitar. I stopped because of it.

I was backstage in Paris and saw Cindy Crawford doing House Of Style. I thought, I would love to to be in control of my career.

I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just don't overeat.

A smart model is a good model.

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.

I look at myself and pick out the things I don't like. No matter how much I work out, I never get muscle tone in my butt and hip area.

You can't model for the rest of your life, so it is important to diversify your career.

I had had an extroverted personality with a lot of friends, but when I lost the weight and grew so tall, I withdrew within myself.

I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots.

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?

I want to be like the athletes who seem stuck in time. When you see them at 50, you say they probably can still run like a champ.

Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.

I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.'

I've made millions of dollars with the body I have, so where's the pain in that?

Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model will become a household name today.

I've had my heart broken one too many times.

My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.

I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there.

Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied all the time. I looked at magazines, I'd practice in front of the mirror and I'd ask photographers about the best angles. I can now pull out a smile at will.

I don't like expensive things... I just can't help looking in a magazine for the splurge and the save.

I used to love writing in my journal.

I think every woman would want to do something about their cellulite!

I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.

I'm not sure exactly how gossiping about my life with my audience really helps them.

There's always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are.

I think I'm too young to be a mogul. I think I'm too young for that.