Adriana Lima Quotes

Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself. Fashion is not just beauty, it`s about good attitude. You have to believe in yourself and be strong.

I just think they`re really insecure about themselves sometimes. I know all the girls, but we all work a lot and don`t have time to hang out together. They`re all really nice; I`ve never had a problem with any model.

I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous.

I was so embarrassed about mispronouncing words. I just knew how to smile.

"Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls."

"Fashion is about good energy. It`s about feelings. That`s what I have to give the people, good energy and good feelings."

"It`s wrong for a guy to have no personality, no heart. Because I don`t care about style or money. I care about heart."

I would like just one time to be on the cover of Italian Vogue.

I want to be a child doctor. A pediatry...how do you call it, pediatrician? Do I like kids? No, not really.

I didn`t know anything about fashion. I couldn`t believe it when I got here. I don`t know how I`m sitting here right now speaking English.

If you look around Brazil you see pregnant women everywhere. Here you don`t see that as much. There the only thing they do is babies, babies, babies! Especially the poor families.

When I get older, I don`t think I`ll like to have wrinkles, or a big jelly belly. I cannot have it.

You don`t have to have an attitude if you`re famous.

I was in a fashion show and I had on a strapless top. When I got to the end the top was down.

Younger guys are just too jealous.

If one day I have a daughter and my daughter wants to be a model, I would never let her!

I`m a teenager, but I`m independent-I have my own apartment, I have my own life. And I think I have learned more than any of those teenagers have in school. I learned to be responsible, leaving my family and coming here alone.

I like to go to the movies or read.

My favorite designer is Christian Lacroix, not just because his clothes are amazing and I love them, but because he`s so nice. When I did his fashion show, he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone.

Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don`t give some value to friendships and it can be depressing.

Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself. Fashion is not just beauty, it`s about good attitude. You have to believe in yourself and be strong.

I`m from San Salvador. It is small compared to Sao Paolo. We are really slow there. People work half a day and then go to the beach. People have time.

I wouldn`t say it`s competitive. I think everyone has their time. Gisele is having her time, and Shirley had her time, and maybe I will have my time.

I used to be very shy. When I first started, I had to go to a casting, and I had to go in a bikini. I thought I was too skinny. But I went in and got the job! And that`s how I started.

My best moment was taking the plane when I came to New York. My family was really poor, and we would never have had the money to take a plane.

I`ve never been to the gym. I do nothing.

Sex is for after marriage. They (men) have to respect that this is my choice. If there`s no respect, that means they don`t want me.