Quotes from Tess Daly

I try not to dwell on the negatives.

I used to want to be a nurse. But then my sister cut herself really badly and I almost fainted.

There's this expectation of glamour. Unlike men who can wear suits and nonchalantly stroll on in a flat loafer, I've got to run across the studio floor live in a high heel and a tight frock.

I won't let my daughters go on screens at least half an hour before bed because I think it stimulates them a little bit.

I have always considered myself a very resilient person, I come from very down-to-earth Northern stock, pragmatic by nature and with that bounce-back-ability.

I bite my split ends off in the car, which is gross. It's disgusting. I've probably got a fur ball in my stomach the size of a tennis ball.

I look in the mirror and see new lines every day, I'll see the odd grey hair - but this is life.

'Strictly' is there to celebrate success.

'Strictly' is feel-good escapism.

I've made a point throughout my girls' lives of reading them bedtime stories about strong, innovating women, whether it's Oprah Winfrey or Frida Kahlo.

Life is a mirror and you get back what you give out.

I didn't go abroad until I was 16.

All my adult life, I've worked in media that demand you maintain your shape.

When you've got kids, you don't want to pass on the angst and the anxiety.

Working in the media, on camera, you could become obsessed with your appearance and how you look. But I have tended to go the other way and I have become less obsessed as I get older.

As far as Vern and I go, we have had situations where people have tried to take photographs of me and cut Vernon out or vice versa in an attempt to create a scandal. But we just try and live our lives and ignore it.

I was in two Duran Duran videos. My kids are thoroughly unimpressed.

All of my relationships with women are empowering.

My father-in-law's a truck driver and he said black cars are not very visible. I don't drive them any more.

I have the luxury of being alive and healthy, and I'm very grateful for that.