Quotes from Heidi Klum

I certainly like working in Germany.

I'm not saying that everyone should swim with sharks, but sometimes you have to jump over your own shadow in order to learn something that you will never forget for the rest of your life. Then you know you can conquer your fears.

I'm someone, the same as my girlfriends, when they say what do you think about this, I don't always say they look fabulous. I say what I think.

I think you always need to try your best, but at the same time you can only do what you can do. Don't beat yourself up about it.

All German women are beautiful.

I don't want to be wondering about how skinny I am, wondering what I'm going to eat because I don't want to gain and I want to look hot and young, always and forever.

It's not like I'm this glamour diva who hands everything over and I just sit on my throne at home.

Well, I was going to school in Germany. And in my free time I was dancing.

When I was younger, I had a perm, and it was really big. My mom was a hairdresser, so even my dad had a perm! I looked like a poodle, but it was cool at the time.

With my busy schedule, it's impossible to have a set fitness routine. So instead I like to try and incorporate exercise into my daily life whenever I can - which requires some creativity.

To me, life is about creating memories. The regular days kind of just blend in. You have to create special times so that you will always remember them.

I'm quite scared of flying, and especially helicopters, I don't like them at all.

In my job, people tell you that all the time: 'This shoot was great. You look amazing.' But you never know what they say when you turn away.

For the longest time, you just sound like a broken record, but you have to be consistent when teaching kids.

I was being rejected all the time. Agents would say, 'I don't think you're the type they're looking for.' I was always like, 'You think? I don't want you to think. I want them to think that.' This business is all about someone's opinion, but not the agent or the manager's. How do they know? They're not that person.

I always think, look at how people were before they were pregnant. If you were a toned, healthy, energetic person, most likely you will be like that again.

My boys wear red pants or crazy color tops. My kids are more fashion forward in their own dressing.

When I came to America, I was really into all the things people eat here. . . . People called me Muffin because I would eat muffins all the time.

I spend a lot of time with my family. I go to bed early, don't watch too much television, don't read everything that's written about me whether positive or negative.

I'd say I'm a good cook. I have a lot of German recipes that I can make - schnitzel, meatballs and things with cabbage. I love cabbage.

Nothing sexy about pregnancy.

I have the best husband in the world. He's very involved.

I learned from working in the fashion world that if I have a day when I feel slapped in the face, or if someone has been mean, I just have to get back up and it will be another day. I think about what I'm grateful for. I look at my kids and my husband and think, Wow, I'm a really lucky person.

I like doing small parts, because I don't feel I'm that practised in acting. It's like making baby steps towards a bigger goal.