It`s a huge change for your body. You don`t even want to look in the mirror after you`ve had a baby, because your stomach is just hanging there like a Shar-Pei.

Not that I believe you can have it all: I believe you can have it all, just not at the same time.

Working out is still sometimes a chore.

In the studio, I do try to have a thought in my head, so that it`s not like a blank stare.

I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom. I feel lucky because I have the luxury of working only one or two days a week.

My hat is so off to stay-at-home moms. Sometimes its easier to go back to work - other than the guilt factor, which pulls you the other way.

I always knew I wanted to have children.

I don`t think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer.

Nobody in my family ever thought that I`d a be a model.

You don`t even want to look in the mirror after you`ve had a baby, because your stomach is just hanging there like a Shar-Pei.

I like to eat, I like to cook and I don`t look good when I`m super, super skinny. I`d rather feel healthy and fit, and have some energy.

Richard doesn`t really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I can`t help it.

It`s important for moms to have alone time. However, that`s the first thing that goes on a busy day. Fortunately for me, because of my job, I have to find the time to do it. At least that`s the way my mind sees it.

Most of the reason I work out now is not for the external - it`s for how I feel. I find working out gives me more energy. I started eight days after he was born.

But I try to steal other moments. Sometimes I get up very early in the morning and enjoy a quiet house and cup of tea before the craziness begins. Other times, I`ll take a quick walk on the beach. You can find peace in a few minutes.

I wasn`t the most popular girl in school by any means.

Having children really changes your priorities.

I don`t have to try to be perfect at everything.

I don`t waste as much time at work because I`d rather spend it with my kids.

Even I don`t wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.

It`s become another dimension to who I am. I don`t think Sports Illustrated is going to be wanting me. But who cares? I`m at a different place in my life.

They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have to be so brave. See, every woman hates herself from behind.

Watching your husband become a father is really sexy and wonderful.

The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you earned.

When you are getting ready to become a mom, being in love with someone just isn`t enough. You need to think about whether he would be a good parent and raise your children with similar beliefs.

The only annoying thing about being recognized is the whispering. You can hear, "Is that Cindy?" And then they follow me for blocks. I wish they`d just come up and say, "Hi".

[on her return to the runway for Fashion Week in 2002] The other models looked at me with a little too much awe like, "Oh my God, I`ve been your biggest fan for over 20 years!" And I`m like, "How old are you? Shut up!"

[in People magazine, 1/11/93] Even I don`t look like Cindy Crawford in the morning.

When I did `Playboy`, I got letters from women who didn`t consider it feminist to do nude photographs. I thought the whole POINT of being a feminist was that you got to make your own choices.

Fashion and style is just that. Fashion and style. It`s not brain surgery.

I don`t want to have to be beautiful all the time. I want to be able to look cruddy in my weekend sweats, with a pimple on my face and pimple cream on top of the pimple. The expectation to always be beautiful bothers me.

The thing I like about my body is that it`s strong. I can move furniture around my apartment. I can ride my horse... I can play basketball. It`s a well functioning machine.

I don`t want to have to be beautiful all the time. I want to be able to look cruddy in my weekend sweats, with a pimple on my face and pimple cream on top of the pimple. The expectation to always be beautiful bothers me.

Fashion and style is just that. Fashion and style. It`s not brain surgery.

Even in normal life, I`m not the skinniest model.

[in People magazine, 1/11/93] Even I don`t look like Cindy Crawford in the morning.