Top 103 Quotes & Sayings by Tess Daly

I eat chocolate and I love sweet treats.

I'm the sort of person that just believes in getting on and making the most of the opportunity you've been given, you know: buckle down, work hard and hopefully you'll prove your worth.

We try not to flaunt our family too much. I know it works for some people, but while our children are small I want them to grow up quietly and normally.

I dance every night at home in my kitchen; I'm a really good kitchen dancer.

I can't obsess, I can't become somebody who grows old disgracefully, I'm not one of those people that tries to pin back the hands of time.

There's this expectation of glamour. Unlike men who can wear suits and nonchalantly stroll on in a flat loafer, I've got to run across the studio floor live in a high heel and a tight frock.

I used to want to be a nurse. But then my sister cut herself really badly and I almost fainted.

Dinner is usually rice, vegetables and chicken, or I'll make fajitas, and we'll do roast chicken on the weekend.

My kids are my priority. Everything else is just sugar on top!

Before I got into television, I was working in New York. I interviewed a few people there, wrote a few articles for a fashion magazine out there called Paper' - which I hugely admired.

For me, the day does not begin without a very strong cup of builder's tea.

I suddenly got magazine covers, TV commercials and advertising campaigns. Finally after two years I could show my mum and dad that modeling was lucrative.

My father-in-law's a truck driver and he said black cars are not very visible. I don't drive them any more.

I do yoga and Pilates, but I'm not militant about it.

Confidence, to me, is just pushing yourself a little bit further than you think you can go, and you'll always surprise yourself.

I would say that I'm definitely a morning person - I love getting out of bed and seizing the day ahead.

Confidence comes from cutting yourself some slack.

A lot of people always ask me about what life is like. Yes, it's glamorous, it's glitzy, but there is a lot more goes on than that glitz and glamour you see in a photograph or on a red carpet.

As far as Vern and I go, we have had situations where people have tried to take photographs of me and cut Vernon out or vice versa in an attempt to create a scandal. But we just try and live our lives and ignore it.

I do Yoga with Adriene' online, on YouTube. It's awesome - and it's free!

YouTubers are the rock stars to this generation - the kids just love them, that's who they watch.

We've got a little trampoline at home outside, and that's great for getting your lymphatic system moving and for your circulation.

I don't usually show a lot of cleavage, it's not in my comfort zone.

Gut health is everything, it's the second brain, where many of our hormones are produced.

You can skip inside if the weather is bad, it's an all-weather exercise that really gets your circulation going, it wakes you up, and it keeps you trim.

If I was sugar-free, I'd be psycho.

When you've got kids, you don't want to pass on the angst and the anxiety.

If someone's in tears or they're leaving the show, it's hard not being able to physically reach out. But Strictly' is such a celebratory, feel-good show, full of warmth and sparkle and joy, I felt lucky to be a part of something that people were appreciating on a whole other level because they were stuck at home.

And if my 10-year-old is Googling or looking on YouTube then she's got to do it in a room where we're present. We've put all the child safety settings in place, but you still can't predict what might turn up on a YouTube or Google search.

I've got a long spine, so I've got to work on my core.

I just don't want to hand over responsibility for my kids to somebody else. Doesn't matter how good they are.

I didn't go abroad until I was 16.

I'm in my fifties now. That's still a shock when I say it out loud, because I don't feel any different to when I was in my thirties.

I bite my split ends off in the car, which is gross. It's disgusting. I've probably got a fur ball in my stomach the size of a tennis ball.

I had a humble childhood, but it was full of love.

Let's say I try to ignore the small stuff, like wet towels on the floor, the dishwasher full to the brim and not turned on. You know what men are like, they'll never rise to our standards of excellence. But when they try, that's enough!

I'm a people person, I love being around people.

I've made a point throughout my girls' lives of reading them bedtime stories about strong, innovating women, whether it's Oprah Winfrey or Frida Kahlo.

I worry about everyone - about old people, people who haven't been able to see their families, about the economy and our children's futures. The worries are endless.

I broke my nose playing netball aged 15. I've hated my profile ever since.

One minute you're invited to Puff Daddy's party, the next you're at a bash with Donald Trump, Kevin Costner and all these movie stars. Sometimes you had to pinch yourself and ask, what's a girl from the Peak District doing here?'

Sometimes I'll do five minutes of skipping at the start of the day - one minute on and one minute off, and it's great, it really wakes up the system.

Being married to a fellow northerner helps - he's got to keep it real or his mum would soon slap him into place.

I do yoga most mornings first thing when I have a little bit of time to myself, before the kids get up.

I had no sympathy with my mum and dad.

I don't want to pump myself full of collagen. That's not what I'm about.

When you become a mum it's amazing, it blows your mind.

I've got a treadmill, where I've realized I can watch Netflix and run 5k at the same time.

I'm a touchy-feely person so I can't bear not hugging. It makes me want to cry.

That's what has been so much fun about the whole creative process. You can make your characters have adventures that you haven't had and might wish to have.

I'd worked in TV for a number of years before Strictly,' doing kids' telly and a couple of Saturday-night shows, but nothing on that scale.

'The Naked Civil Servant' by Quentin Crisp. I was so intrigued by the man, I hunted him down when I moved to New York. My first interview was with him. I filmed our conversation and it got me my first job in television.

I've never had stage fright, that would mean you were paralyzed like a rabbit in headlights and you wouldn't be able to speak or move.

I was in two Duran Duran videos. My kids are thoroughly unimpressed.

Honestly, I don't really do that much exercise.

Life is a mirror and you get back what you give out.

I grew up with the norm being three meals a day. You wouldn't dream of skipping a meal.

A microphone pack once fell down my knickers and nearly pulled my pants down.

I mean, obviously, this is a business that favors men as hosts without a doubt and they're often paid more for the same job so I guess you could call that sexism but, personally, I haven't come across it yet.

I have always considered myself a very resilient person, I come from very down-to-earth Northern stock, pragmatic by nature and with that bounce-back-ability.