Alessandra Ambrosio Quotes

I have been lucky enough to work with the world's best designers and top stylists - who have been my mentors.

I want the attention, I love the attention.

I love to eat and I love sweets ... like chocolate. But I do work out.

I've been tiny since I was four, and I eat whatever I want.

I like to dress pretty basic during the day, but with a sophisticated bohemian spin, and sometimes a little rock chic. At night I like to go glamorous.

Russell James asked me to shoot underwater. He tied my feet under the water. I don't know how many feet - maybe five, six meters. He tied me underwater and I had no air. Somebody had a tube, and they were giving me some oxygen, but I couldn't really see anything. Everything was blurry. I'm waiting for the oxygen - that was the craziest thing.

Feel good. Once you feel good, you look good, too.

Seriously, I like to wear hats so I don't get super tan. You have to protect the face.

I have a Brazilian trainer here in New York and we do a Brazilian Butt Lift workout.

Here in America, people are very professional.

I love everybody that I work with, and we have so much fun.

I speak to my childhood friends almost every day over the Internet.

Believe in yourself. Listen to the photographers you work with, and try to be professional at all time.

The designers usually don't like to say until we're on the runway. Like when I did Prada last year, I couldn't mention doing Prada or even Tweet or take a picture and put it on Twitter saying I was backstage at the Prada show. And Dolce was the same thing. They like to keep a little surprise, I guess, a little secret for everybody.

I am extremely excited to develop and design a brand representative of my life, experiences and style. Working closely with Cherokee will help establish a worldwide presence with best-in-class retailers and category leaders.

If I'm two pounds heavier, I'm fat. If I'm skinnier, I'm sick. It's ridiculous. And that's not coming from agents or designers.

I'm as vain as everybody else, but if I see a mirror I have to look at myself.

Before, models had that rock star life and it was all about going to the parties and having that glamorous life, and I think these days, models are more like businesswomen and the whole industry takes it really serious.

My little girl, Anja, is really excited. We had a baby shower yesterday and she took the presents from everyone for me and was telling them, 'No, it's my baby.'

You know, I have a kid on my own, and I know how busy it is, the first weeks and the first month.

In the summer I wear shorts with a bright top and ankle boots or just sandals. I'll add a nice scarf, maybe a hat, some cool sunglasses. It's all about the accessories.

I'll never forget my little city! I could talk a whole day about it!

I think I'm in better shape now than I was 10 years ago, but it takes a bigger toll - I get back pain!

Take care of yourself, be healthy, and always believe you can be successful in anything you truly want

I love sunglasses, I have all shapes and colors.