Tyra Banks Quotes

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

Girls of all kinds can be beautiful.

Use romantic relationships to grow, not to lose yourself. Keep your priorities in order.

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

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

I don't know what to do with my arms. It just makes me feel weird and I feel like people are looking at me and that makes me nervous.

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.

It was hard to get guys to notice me, period, because I was so skinny and all my friends were curvy. Plus, I used to be very nervous in front of guys.

I used to love writing in my journal.

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

I liked college guys but they could tell I was just a skinny girl.

Journalists told me that a talk show wouldn't work. Some told me I was going to get canceled before my first season was up.

I think my magical dream land would have all of my friends from high school and elementary school. I'm extremely nostalgic so my closest friends are people from my childhood.

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

I feel more comfortable when I'm lighter - I sleep better, I snore less, I have more endurance when I work out, my arms look better.

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside.

I loved planning 'The Tyra Show' more than actually having to do it. I loved coming up with show ideas, honing each program and crafting it. I'm more excited being in a meeting than being on TV.

I try to keep my private life kind of private.

Flaws are awesome - so, flawsome! I love making up a word.

Love is an excuse to be stupid

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've had my heart broken one too many times.

I would not recommend a teen getting into modeling if they're not solid when it comes to their grades and school. That comes first.

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

I always feel great when I don't have clothes on.

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

When I am full, I stop eating.

I have so many goals.

I won't say if I'm single or dating or married or divorced. There's boundaries.

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.

I think one of the biggest things that affects young women is when they hear their mothers using fat talk.

I kind of like the wind in my face. If it wasn’t there, I don’t know if I would push as hard.

I think it makes women feel better to find fault with other women. I do that, too.

I close my eyes while driving and just sing along. I always open them again in time.

Because my hands are rough and wrinkley, they are my least favourite feature. An ex-boyfriend used to call them 'Freddy Kreuger' fingers.

I actually don't miss modeling and I think the reason why is because of America's Next Top Model.

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

I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.

There is a difference between desire and desperation.

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

'Modelland' has always been a part of my mind and my heart. I'm excited that you'll be able to read about this magical world that's been living in my dreams for so many years.

I've made mistakes before of doing different projects just based on my dreams, my hopes, my thing, and not really thinking about my customers.

Even when I was a teen model, I didn't think it was fair that I had to enter the acting world to get insurance.

I would not recommend a teen getting into modeling if they're not solid when it comes to their grades and school. That comes first. My mother always told me that came first.

I am learning how to delegate and how to empower people.

Don't contour with blush - that's so eighties. It was an amazing trend then, but it's not hot now. Instead, go for a neutral contour color that's one or two shades deeper than your skin tone.

My most difficult class at Harvard Business School would have to be finance.

My mom was a medical photographer, but on the side, she did a before-and-after glam photography business in the house. She would do makeup and hair - and I was her assistant.

I don't want to use the term 'plus-size, ' because, to me, what the hell is that? It just doesn't have a positive connotation to it. I tend to not use it.