“I have a strong sense of myself. That gives me a sense of security, you know?”

When I have bad days, I just eat lots of chocolate ice cream and dance to the ‘Lion King’ soundtrack. It’s really odd, but it’s true.

I’m passionate about anything I align myself with. You want to talk about chocolate chip cookies? I’m not going to open a chocolate chip cookie store, but I will talk your ear off about it.

I liken myself to a little girl having a tea party at the house all of the time.

If I could pass along anything that my mother or my sisters taught me, I feel like my kids would be very well off.

If you ever want something badly, let it go. If it comes back to you, then it’s yours forever. If it doesn’t, then it was never yours to begin with.

I love to photograph the gorgeous landscapes when I travel.

When I see old movies with women in floor-length dressing gowns, or when they’re going to the store and they’ve got a pillbox hat with a net over the eyes and white gloves,

One of the very few things that I do every single day is put on fragrance. If I’m not wearing make-up, if my hair’s not done, if I’m walking around in pyjamas – I still put my fragrance on. I will brush my teeth and put on my perfume.

Design, whether it’s on your body or in your home, is the same thing. It’s mixing different colors, different textures, and unexpected patterns – elements that you wouldn’t often put together in an interesting way.

My mom modeled and made clothes, so I always had such an appreciation for design.

I’ll never forget the time my mother showed up with her best friend and two daughters, and all four of us dressed up in matching clothes, shoes and hats to go pick up my brother from school.

My anonymity is something I treasure.

You have to love it more than you ever thought of loving something that wasn’t a human being. The demands will kick you down and rob your life – but yet, it is so rewarding.

I first started wearing fragrance when I was thirteen or fourteen, and the smell was candy-like. They were in very colorful bottles, like turquoise and pink. By the time I was sixteen or seventeen, it got more girly and more floral.

It is hard that people don’t just let you do your job for them and entertain, and then carry on your own life.

Creating something I can use is the best stress reliever.

I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…

On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.

If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.

I know when somebody is trying to get something out of me for clicks. And sometimes I feel like giving it to them.

Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It’s a memory I will always cherish.

I’m obviously not going to give you everything about my whole life, but as far as my personality, you see me all the time from watching the games.

On the whole, with scandalous exceptions, Democracy has given the ordinary worker more dignity than he ever had.

I can’t even give my father a proper gift. Every single Father’s Day means so much to me. I’m so close to him. He’s my big brother, but also my father.