Quotes from Heidi Klum

Because I'm on the runway with some of the best models in the industry.

So everyone has that problem, models have that problem, too.

I'm quite good at multitasking, but I have to do things immediately.

Keeping it all together as a modern woman means multitasking, especially when you work. I think you always need to try your best, but at the same time you can only do what you can do, and you don't need to beat yourself up about it. I'm not white-picket-fence perfect.

Never underestimate the power of the ocean.

I represent more the healthy, happy, curvy, strong woman. And that sounds much healthier to me than being 80 pounds and skinny as a bean.

My children love everything that sparkles. My boys just go with everything and make it their own, but my daughter is a little upset because she is 9 and I only go to 5, so sometimes she squeezes herself into a five, and she is trying to make that work because she wants to wear it, too.

I need my products to work and be fast! I don't love having 50 different things in my bathroom, like a different cream for every inch of my face. That's so not me.

I'm going to be 80, walking with a stick down the runway.

When you are just muscle, you end up being gaunt in the face, and that makes you look older by 5 or 10 years. I don't think of getting older as looking better or worse; it's just different. You change, and that's OK.

But I also want to have a family with children one day, which is very important to me.

All German women are beautiful.

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.

I grew up in a big family with a lot of kids around, and I definitely want to have children as well.

I've been heartbroken. I've broken hearts. That's part of life, and its part of figuring out who you are so you can find the right partner.

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

But all the money in the world cannot make you happy either, so there has to be a balance.

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

With a family of six, there is always something to make, create and do together.

The main thing is healthy eating, exercise, which I do for special events, like if it's Sports Illustrated, or the swim suit catalogue for Victoria's Secret, or my own calendar that I did for the year 2000.

Family comes first. You're the only thing they have.

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

For me, my business is my business and my house is my house. I don't want the public in my house.

I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.