"I'm incredibly sad that my mother's not here to see my kids and that my kids don't get to know her. And she didn't meet my husband. That's one of the hardest things. I don't even know how to put that into words."

"I am a fashion designer. I'm not an environmentalist. When I get up in the morning, number one I'm a mother and a wife, and number two I design clothes. So the main thing I need to do is create, hopefully, exquisitely beautiful, desirable objects for my customer."

"The beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we share this planet with other creatures - have had a huge impact on me."

"I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that."

"Well, my son really loves wildlife. And everytime he draws a polar bear I want to tell him there probably won't any by the time... he's my age. That's kinda hard to deal with."

"I had a classic gym teacher in junior high who wore a weightlifter's belt all the time."

"At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed."

"I have spoken with many former athletes, and they tell me the best time they had was in sports. I listen to them and use their experience in my career."