Quotes from Gloria Estefan

I have a very open line of communication with both my children.

My mom was definitely very strict with me.

My mom was a source of strength.She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all.

Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.

In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.

I'd love to have a program like 'Dr. Laura.' I studied psychology at the University of Miami, and when I rode the bus home from school, perfect strangers would strike up conversations with me and end up telling me their life stories. I think they could sense that I was studying to help people. That, or I have a face like a priest.

Nothing ever stays in the middle. You always go from one extreme to the other, and politics is certainly that way.

There's no reason that just because you're a celebrity you can't write.

You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.

My mom was a source of strength. She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all.

I've been offered a lot of things that celebrities do that I wouldn't do, like perfumes, lines of clothing and this, that and the other.

Motherhood is… difficult and… rewarding.

I'm in great shape considering I have hardware in my back. I work out constantly to keep my muscles limber and my abs strong so they can take the burnt of everything.

Later in life, the memories I have of my mother are of constant work balanced with caring for my ailing father.

The challenge is always as a writer, is this going to work, because it's a very intimate process, and I tend to be very introverted and insular, and when I write, it's in my head.

I think the business of music has really taken a huge hit. There's no doubt about it. But an artist is always going to produce their art, their music. They're going to paint, they're going to write.

We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

You've got to believe. Never be afraid to dream.

Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it, it's yours to have.

Family has always been the number one priority no matter what happens anywhere else.

She's an amazing dog and really inspired everything that's in this book.