Kate Upton Quotes

Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.

I'm not going to starve just to be thin ... I want to enjoy life and I can't if I'm not eating and miserable.

My mom played every sport possible. My dad is 'extremely' competitive. You can't even play Ping-Pong with him.

I'm actually an equestrian, and I showed in the American Paint Horse Association and competed for top 20 in the nation.

I love my body. It's what God gave me.

I would love to have my own lingerie line.

You find your strengths and play them up.

I hate exercising self-control.

You have to think hard with a tattoo. 'What will I love for the rest of my life?'

To me, what's sexy is when you look like you're having a good time. That, and when you look effortless and have messy hair,

People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.

My dream was always to be on the cover of 'Sports Illustrated.'

If I can help and influence girls who are going through body-image issues then I think that's amazing.

I was at a photo shoot, and I was wearing a cross necklace that my mom bought me, and somebody made a joke like, 'Why are you wearing a cross? Like you would be religious.' And then they took it away. I was really affected by that. The whole thing made me realize that I do want a cross with me at all times.

I know I said sometimes I wear clothes but apparently I lied ... I'm only packing swimsuits.

I think twerking is overrated.

My mom is from Texas, but I was raised in Florida.

Pickup lines never work ... I think someone clever, witty and funny is very attractive.

So if I get pegged as a bikini girl, that's fine, and that can still translate into acting or other areas. But, no, I don't wanna be doing bikini shoots my whole life.

I just think that pick-up lines in general are horrible. None of them work.

I understand why my male followers like me.

After my first 'Sports Illustrated' cover, I felt terrible about myself for a solid month. People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. I'm not a toy; I'm a human. I'm not here to be used.

I never deprive myself. If I'm craving something once a week, then Ill go have it Ice cream or whatever, I just eat the foods I like.

I'm sure every designer has a certain person in mind who they would ideally like to wear their clothes, but the problem is that a lot of the time that person doesn't actually exist, unless she is a 15-year-old model.

I don't ever want to be a person that I'm not. A lot of girls fall into the trap where they are trying to impress other people, and that's the time when they lose themselves.