I'm grateful to look the way I do. However, if I could change anything, I would like to be a bit bigger all over. Not much - just a bit.

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

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.

Accept yourself, love yourself.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

What we believe spirit visitors to be influences how they affect our lives. What we believe ourselves to be dictates how we react to them.

A challenge to us is a great joy to us! If you see an open door, there is no challenge there and therefore there is no joy! A door must be closed so that we can obtain the joy of trying to open it!

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.

There is a sacred, secret line in loving which attraction and even passion cannot cross.

I think it's important for women to be around other women and learn from each other.

God knows what is best for you, and He wants to reveal it to you and show you what you ought to do.

At this point in my career I'm not concerned about the money, it's about winning. Nothing else even matters.

You're afraid because you're thinking about the end, not about what you're doing.

I have high aspirations. I want to be an architect.

Black women are going to have to take more leadership. I think we are prepared because we bring a tenaciousness with us. We do not fear losing friends, allies, or jobs.