Quotes from Karren Brady

My grandmother had a motto that you should never look down on people unless you are helping them up, and I think that's a very spiritual way of living.

I love knowing that if I was dropped off in Trafalgar Square, I could walk in any direction and see something amazing or eat something delicious.

As long as you like yourself, as long as your family like you, as long as you are good at what you do, your staff respect you, and your board have trust in you, that's what is important.

I always laugh when I read about sexism cases in the newspaper.

You don't really do much in life unless you take risks, push yourself and find your passion.

We've got to start making people realise that it's a proud thing to run a business, to export your goods around the country.

Hard work will always bring opportunities

I'm the least vain person I know. I literally get out the shower, throw a brush through my hair, put jeans and a T-shirt on and head to the Tube and go to work most mornings. It takes seconds.

The characteristics of successful business people, whether they are male or female, are very similar. It's about determination, it's about enthusiasm, it's about strategy, it's about communication, it's about integrity. And sometimes men and women display those differently but fundamentally they are the same qualities.

It's depressing that ambition and feminism have become almost dirty words for working women. But, there is no reason that they should be and, increasingly, I am struck by how the next generation is challenging conceptions of what it means to be successful at work.

I want people to think about what I have achieved and not what I look like.

I'm the sort of person who doesn't hear the word 'no' - I hear 'find another way to get what you want.'

Winning the BAFTA for 'Young Apprentice' felt great. It's really nice to be part of the winning team.

For me, I may have titles like CEO, director or vice chairman but the best title for me is 'working mother.'

I'm proud to say that, leading by example, I've tried from day one to help recalibrate views of women in the world of football.

For clubs, free movement plays a big role in transfers and players' contracts. Players from the E.U. can sign for U.K. clubs without needing a visa or special work permit, making it quicker and easier to secure top talent from across Europe to come and play in our leagues.

The worst kind of businesses are ones where there are no expectations set out for employees.

Most women who work and have a career and a family sympathise with one another because they know just how difficult it is to try and manage it all and sometimes if the pressure's too great and you can't manage something has to give and it's either your career or your family.