Iman Quotes

A good night's sleep is always the best way to wake up and go to work.

A self-esteem issue doesn't change whether you're considered beautiful or not because it's about what's inside you.

I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes. Looking good is a commitment to yourself and to others.

Don't be afraid to walk away from things that are just not right for you.

Pulling off a zebra-print dress can be challenging for some.

I would rather Google other people than Google myself.

My saving grace was that I always knew when to leave the party.

My father taught me how to be a parent and gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman.

Five years from now I see myself still working hard to get where I want to be, because I think big.

You learn to be comfortable in your own skin, and your body changes throughout life, so you can't sweat the small stuff.

We grew up as poor people but we never knew poverty. I still love and miss the Somalia I grew up in. Things changed, when my father became a diplomat later on.

For me, diversity whether you think of it as race or gender, it's not a trend, it's a human movement, it's a human feeling, it's a human desire.

Make sure your decision to have a child is based on the need to share your life completely with another little human being and not because of some personal need for validation as a woman.

Accept yourself, love yourself.

I come from Somalia. We start working young, and we understand that kind of life. I would be bored to death not doing anything creative.

I'm my own person, and I want people to know me for who I am.

There is strength in numbers.

I don't want the attention. I want the respect.

You're not going to find me in something someone else is wearing. Unless, of course, he's a very swaggy individual.

Every generation and every group brings the door into other things.

I don't do anything by myself. I have a whole crew to get me ready every day.

I don't like to fly. What's it called when the plane shakes? Turbulence, takeoffs... I grab my chair, close my eyes, count to 30, breathe, and pray.

By the time I got to the league I knew the cameras were going to be there and to turn it on.

I can do whatever I want.

Don't be afraid to express yourself through fashion!

I don't want to be known as the black model. I want to be recognized as Chanel Iman, a personality.

I always wanted to dress up like Darth Maul.So I designed my own kilt.

If I feel frustrated in a situation, I take a deep breath and walk away.

When 9/11 happened, 12 of our neighborhood firemen were killed. I looked around at the country that had adopted me and I became an American.

[Tyson Chandler] doesn't listen to people either. He does whatever he feels like and people will be like, "Who dressed you?"

There's a lot of guys in the NBA that would hire stylists because they know they don't have their own sense of style and they need a little guidance.

If I say something about David [Bowie], I get 1000 tweets, if I say something about my business just a few! The more personal, the better.

My taste in music originates from my culture and heritage, and from traveling the world and listening to all kinds of fun sounds and bits.

Maybe somewhere down the line when I'm done playing, I'd want to style NBA players.

I don't have a stylist. That, in a way, is cheating. Put five players in a thrift store and see who has the best style in the end, and then you'll see who has real style.

[ Stylists] are putting you in a style that most people are in because it's the trend. So you might have on the same outfit as everyone else.

I always knew what I wanted to dress like but that's when I became really passionate about it. We'd be in class and Google outfits or I'd doodle what I wanted.

It takes time to be who you really want to be. It doesn't happen overnight.

In a couple of years, I'll be the most glamorous woman, hopefully.

I want a woman to walk past and say, "I would love to be in a picture with him."

I don't want to be predictable at all.

I'm conscious about what I wear, whether it's a game or an event.

I was like, you know, if you want to be someone big, you have to dress the part.

Me and Bianca [Stewart] would go to thrift stores like the Salvation Army. We'd pick up dope stuff no one ever heard of. But we'd put it together in ways that would work and be different.

Tyson [Chandler] encouraged me and was like, if that's what you want to wear, wear that.

I have an Instagram [account] but I don't feel a lot of love with it.

A lot of times I just feel like this is not a special day, these are just clothes that I bought.

I don't want to see anyone else looking like me.That'd be my nightmare. Though if I saw someone wearing what I did, I would know he was swaggy.

I don't feel like you should promote personally that you dress nicely.

That's kind of the mystique If you [post your outfit] on Instagram all of the time, I'm going to see a bunch of people walking around looking like Shump.