Quotes by Tyra Banks

• 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 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'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.
• 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.
• I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone.
• It's not like I want to hop on a bandwagon, because I said it 15 years ago - bringing a child into your life who is not genetically yours is one of the most beautiful things you can do. But I'm also interested in having my own baby, too.
• My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.
• Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn't appreciate its beauty.
• 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.
• The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.
• 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.
• When I am full, I stop eating.
• I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care.
• You can't model for the rest of your life, so it is important to diversify your career.
• There's always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are.
• I don't go to the cool, trendy restaurants. I go to either the holes in the wall or the super-fancy restaurants where there are no cool people.
• A smart model is a good model.
• I love all kinds of bread. Whenever I crave junk food, I want salty things like peanuts or potato chips.
• 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 talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.'
• I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots.
• 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 have so many goals.
• 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.
• I love the confidence that makeup gives me.
• 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.
• Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.
• Successful people build each other up. They motivate, inspire, and push each other. Unsuccessful people just hate, blame, and complain.