Gisele Bundchen

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

“I always knew that, even if I was not the most beautiful girl, I'd be the most energetic and hard-working. If you want to know the truth, that's the reason for my success.”

“I am not the first person to give birth naturally. Billions of other women have come before me and have done this - so why can't I do it?”

“I want to get a farm where I am going to live for the rest of my life. I like the idea of a secluded place.”

“Sometimes siblings can get in each other's space.”

“Gossip is poison.”

“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.”

“The most beautiful thing about Brazil that I always find that is so unlike any other place I've been in the world is the diversity of its people.”

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

“I was in the fashion shows in Milan; I was seventeen, I was doing like 100 shows. People were asking, 'How does it feel to be the model of the moment?' It was hard for me to answer as myself. I barely spoke English.”

“When I was a kid, I never even thought about fashion. I had one pair of jeans.”

“My son is so fortunate, you know. He's always going to have food. Yes, my children are going to be privileged, but that's why it's so important for them to see different realities and to travel, and they do already.”

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

“I'll never forget the day when a woman came up to me and said, 'No, you could never be on a magazine cover. Your face features don't work; your eyes are small, you have a small face but a big nose.' I was only 14 and I had never noticed any of that stuff, you know?”

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

“I cannot put this poison on my skin. I do not use anything synthetic.”

“Brazil has its own fashion identity. Many very talented Brazilian designers show every season at Sao Paulo and Rio fashion weeks.”

“The mind is more powerful than anything. So, during the birth I wasn't thinking about the pain. I was in a meditation state. I was concentrating the whole time, thinking, 'Oh my God, it's time. I am going to meet my baby. What is he going to look like?'”

“I don't like parties. I prefer something more intimate, just for the closest people.”

“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.”