Ginger Zee

“I absolutely love the restaurant industry.”

“I fought a disease. I fought a disease called depression that a lot of people fight every single day. And unlike other diseases, there is a stigma surrounding it.”

“I started storm-chasing at a young age.”

“I have to listen to my body - and it's telling me not to run long distances. So how do you train for a race when you know you won't have the same result as before? And should you even join if you know you can't run the whole race? Absolutely - just run-walk it.”

“Ideal day is a hot and humid morning, tornadoes develop, no one gets hurt, and we get to collect data and chase the tornadoes.”

“Immediately surrounding the tranquil eye is the most violent part of the hurricane: the eye wall. The most intense wind speeds at the surface are found there.”

“Dancing is all about your core.”

“It's scary, the way your mind can overpower what is real and what is right.”

“Depression, for me, has been a couple of different things - but the first time I felt it, I felt helpless, hopeless, and things I had never felt before. I lost myself and my will to live.”

“I don't have anything to prove, but I do like to challenge myself.”

“I've always put my career first, and it has been difficult on my personal life.”

“Every woman who has been pregnant knows that it messes with your mind a little bit. You are suddenly someone else: you are a mother who is now responsible for another human being. That's awesome, but it changes who you are.”

“I hope weather coverage on a national level will help folks learn to respect the power of severe weather, and weather in general, so more lives are spared.”

“I don't think you fully get away from something like the years of depression that I went through.”

“We're all more complex than the person we put out there.”

“Making it to the finale of 'Dancing with the Stars' has been a major accomplishment.”

“Meteorologists don't use a script, and most create their own graphics and certainly put together their own forecasts. Most of us went to school to become scientists - at least I did - and studied thermodynamics, physics, and tons of calculus to take this young science to the next level. Our accuracy is amazing and will only continue to improve.”

“To witness history and science being made in front of your eyes is the rush.”

“Professional highlight of 2011 was definitely getting the job at ABC.”

“It's fun being pregnant at the same time as someone as prominent as Kim Kardashian. Seeing her beautiful body change and morph makes me remember mine is doing the same, and although it may not always feel beautiful, it really is.”