Tyra Banks

If I tried to start modeling right now, I wouldn't be a supermodel because it's all about celebrity.

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.'

I just think, as a model, it's taught me to be a master of deception and illusion.

When I was a model, they called me 'Tyra;' now it's 'Ms. Banks.'

Michelle Obama, you're one hot mama.

I'm obsessed with making women look and feel more beautiful than they ever thought possible.

I don't think me walking away from modeling was scary for me. In hindsight, I think it was very risky, when you talk about risk. Because it paid the bills.

I know some women are intimidated by makeup.

With the whole supermodel thing, even when you're not really modeling anymore, people still call me that. And I'm like '... retired.'

Screw being a singer! I wanna be the voice of my generation with my talk show.

On 'America's Next Top Model,' I mentor girls on television. When that TV goes off, I actually mentor other girls in the modeling industry - girls that have not been on 'Top Model,' but who appear in 'Vogue' worldwide.

With 'America's Next Top Model,' I've always cast girls who the industry might call 'plus size' but I like to call 'fiercely real.' That was always important to me.