Tyra Banks Quotes About Mom

Quotes about: Mom

• My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.

  Tyra Banks

  Mom, Mother, Horse

• I'm not just retiring from the runway, I'm retiring from all modeling. God, I love saying that! When I was 18, my mom said I have to have a plan. I decided I'd leave on top. I want to be like the athletes who seem stuck in time. When you see them at 50, you say they probably can still run like a champ.

  Tyra Banks

  Mom, Running, Athlete

  "Tyra Banks struts off runway, for good". "The Associated Press" Interview, www.today.com. December 2, 2005.

• As my mom wiped the tears from my face, she said, 'Tyra, you know what we’re going to do about this? We’re going to go eat pizza.' We sat in a tiny pizzeria in Milan and strategized about how to turn my curves into a curveball. In a way, it was my decision not to starve myself that turned me into a supermodel, and later on, a businesswoman.

  Tyra Banks

  Mom, Curves, Decision

• One thing my mom used to tell me was to look to the other side, and know that my present is not going to be everything. So if I'm having a bad day, she goes, 'Just imagine tomorrow. This is going to be over. This is going to be done with.'

  Tyra Banks

  Mom, Bad Day, Looks

  "Tyra Banks Talks Body Peace!" by Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. September 13, 2011.

• I don't like looking at awards everyday because I feel like they can make you lazy. So, I give them to my Mom and let her look at it everyday. They are symbols of the hard work she put into me. Her sacrifices allowed me and my team to win those awards. But I don't look at any awards everyday.

  Tyra Banks

  Mom, Team, Hard Work

  "Model to Mogul and Beyond". Interview with Ty-Ron Mayes, westeastmag.com. October 27, 2012.

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