Quotes from Ginger Zee

I absolutely love the restaurant industry.

It's scary, the way your mind can overpower what is real and what is right.

People see me for 30 seconds at a time, and they see someone who's got a hair and make-up team that put them together, and they're looking all right in the world, but it's not.

We don't all have perfect lives, even if they are seemingly so.

I'm self-deprecating - always.

Every woman who has been pregnant knows that it messes with your mind a little bit. You are suddenly someone else: you are a mother who is now responsible for another human being. That's awesome, but it changes who you are.

I've always put my career first, and it has been difficult on my personal life.

I loved watching the base of those thunderstorms, the billowing tops of the cumulonimbus, the lightning that effortlessly lit up the lake and the sky. It was gorgeous, so energetic. I was in love.

I hope weather coverage on a national level will help folks learn to respect the power of severe weather, and weather in general, so more lives are spared.

Dancing is all about your core.

I wanted to write a story about my struggles with depression and mental health. It's an issue that needs to be talked about more.

I didn't study broadcasting in school, but I did a lot of internships, and I dedicated myself so much so that I made my email password 'Todayshow10' because I wanted to be on the 'Today Show' by 2010.

I don't think you fully get away from something like the years of depression that I went through.

I actually think the last time I stood with a race medal around my neck was after an eighth grade cross-country meet. I was gawky and 65 pounds soaking wet, and running 10 miles a day was no big deal.

Anorexia is a real disease. The choice you do have is asking for help.

It's fun being pregnant at the same time as someone as prominent as Kim Kardashian. Seeing her beautiful body change and morph makes me remember mine is doing the same, and although it may not always feel beautiful, it really is.

I've been into fitness since I was 13.

Ten days before I started my job at ABC News, I checked myself into a mental health hospital.

No matter the natural disaster I've covered, whether it's a wildfire or flood, I always come back with a much greater perspective.

Immediately surrounding the tranquil eye is the most violent part of the hurricane: the eye wall. The most intense wind speeds at the surface are found there.

To witness history and science being made in front of your eyes is the rush.

Professional highlight of 2011 was definitely getting the job at ABC.

At home, my personal life was regularly falling apart, and from childhood on, I had a lot of chaos. I was addicted to chaos; I was addicted to self-harm, and I had to seek help at the hospital.

Meteorologists don't use a script, and most create their own graphics and certainly put together their own forecasts. Most of us went to school to become scientists - at least I did - and studied thermodynamics, physics, and tons of calculus to take this young science to the next level. Our accuracy is amazing and will only continue to improve.