Top 35 Adriana Lima Quotes

I’m not going to fly a million miles with somebody I don’t know.

If you‘re nervous, that means you care and you want to give your best.

I love challenges, I love intensity, and I also like to challenge my mind. Believe it or not, boxing is not only about physical force. You use a lot of concentration; it’s really mental.

I believe love just happens once. You can be mistaken, you can think you are in love, but after a while you discover that you’re really not. Real love is different.

From my hair to my toes to my nails. Everything’s fake. Everything! Even my heart is fake.

Don’t try to be what you’re not. If you’re nervous, be nervous. If you’re shy, be shy. It’s cute.

I love old-fashioned manners, as long as it’s not forced. I can tell when it’s natural or when someone is just trying to impress me.

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.

If I am not moving I get bored very easily.

I eat everything I want on Christmas day. I really don’t watch what I eat. It’s not like you have Christmas every day!

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 love cakes. Chocolate and coconut cakes. I love that combination!

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

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

I like presents that a man has spent time on, doing them himself, like a card or anything that is made by hand and from the heart.

I care about heart.

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.

I try to work out as much as I can and, of course, eat healthily. Drinking a lot of water, sweating during your work out is good for you, and of course, chasing after your kids!

It’s wrong for a guy to have no personality, no heart. Because I don’t care about style or money.

I remember Tyra Banks giving me encouraging advice during my first Victoria’s Secret commercial shoot. I was so nervous, and she told me to just relax and be confident – that made me feel very comfortable.

I love going to work out now. It gets out aggression and my trainer really shakes it up so I don’t get bored.

I eat a balanced diet. The secret is to watch your portions, but I also work out a lot. Working out a lot isn’t necessary, but I am very active, and my body can endure intense workouts.

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

I don’t like fights. I don’t like aggressive people.

Younger guys are just too jealous.

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.

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

Lingerie is one of the most important pieces of your wardrobe. You can have a wardrobe malfunction if you don’t choose the right thing to wear underneath!

In Brazil, we don’t have Victoria’s Secret, and my family are all Victoria’s Secret fans, so I usually bring them back some lovely pieces.

I like jealous men. I love jealousy. I do.

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.

Coconut water is just the best for you; it’s always something we had in Brazil. Since I was a little girl, I’ve been drinking it.

A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter? How does he treat the coat-check girl? How does he treat the driver?

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

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