Quotes from Gisele Bundchen

My earliest memory was going to my grandma's house, milking the cows, and collecting the eggs from the chickens.

The quality of time I get to spend with my family is very important. That way, I feel I am experiencing all the different aspects of my life without guilt.

I've always been in serious relationships. I meet someone and date him for a long period. I don't sit there thinking, like, 'I wonder if I can seduce that guy.' I have other things in my mind.

You know that 40 percent of the food in the United States gets thrown away because it doesn't look a certain way. It's crazy: just because the apple is not the right size or the carrot is not straight enough, it just doesn't get accepted.

I think it's great for my boys to have a girl in the house, just to understand at least a little bit about what makes a woman tick - not that I can certainly figure that out, because I can't.

Christmas and the holidays are the season of giving. It's a time when people are more kind and open-hearted.

For me the end of the year is always a time to reflect and recharge my energies.

I'm not a potato sack; I've never sat on my couch. If I'm home, I'm cleaning, feeding my dogs, doing stuff. Life is too precious to waste time.

Some people start modeling because they want to be models and they want the parties and the recognition, and then there are people like me. I come from a simple family, and for me getting into modeling was a chance to make money and create a business.

I think sometimes you have high expectations for people because you have high expectations for yourself.

I'm not afraid of working hard at anything, whatever it is. I just always want to be the best that I can.

Because I had my family, I felt like I could be a bird and fly and experience and do. Because I had roots somewhere, I knew that they would love me no matter what, and I could always go back home and they were going to love me.

No one ever said learning was to be easy, but it's part of the process of evolving as a human being, and we all have to go through it. When I look back, I see that each difficult time brought an important lesson. And I prefer to look at it with gratitude because I wouldn't be who I am today if I haven't gone through it all.

If you are happy, you can give happiness. If you don't love yourself and if you are unhappy with yourself, you can't give anything else but that.

I noticed every time I felt overwhelmed, I would hold my breath. I had to learn to stop, relax, and take long deep breaths, and within seconds I would feel more clear and ready to deal with the situation in a more loving way.

Everyone has an hour in their day to go and do something for somebody else; I don't care how busy they are.

I am a huge fan of big cotton underpants; they're comfortable. I wear them every day.

There should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months.

There is good in everything; it's just how you choose to look at it. Everything that's worth it has a price. For me to be a model - I had to leave my family. Do you think I liked that? No! There are sacrifices. Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow.

I've been doing my job for a long time and I never really thought about being an actress or being anything like that. I was always a bit scared as well because of the thing about models becoming an actress and all that. I just never really took it seriously.

My husband can not f****ing throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time.

I love kids. It's amazing that I have the opportunity to hang out with my stepson all the time.

I believe in feeling connected. Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds. But there is a great feeling that happens, that is telling you, I don't want to leave this room!

Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds.