Top 35 Kate Upton Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “You find your strengths and play them up.”

— Kate Upton

2. “I love my body. It’s what God gave me.”

— Kate Upton

3. “I hate exercising self-control.”

— Kate Upton

4. “I can never find the right bras.”

— Kate Upton

5. “I want to enjoy life, and I can’t if I’m not eating and miserable.”

— Kate Upton

6. “I think it’s very hard to find a good friend. That’s why I’m so lucky to have two sisters, because they’re my best friends, and they have to be with me forever. They’re stuck with me.”

— Kate Upton

7. “It definitely happens more often than you would think when someone comes up and you’re like: “He’s really attractive and seems really nice,” and it just doesn’t work if he smells bad.”

— Kate Upton

8. “I’m pretty competitive. I talk a big game – even when I’m going to lose.”

— Kate Upton

9. “I don’t ever want to be a person that I’m not. A lot of girls fall into the trap where they are trying to impress other people, and that’s the time when they lose themselves.”

— Kate Upton

10. “I think twerking is overrated.”

— Kate Upton

11. “I’m hoping they slow down a little bit with technology, because I’m just trying to keep up.”

— Kate Upton

12. “So, I have my own horse and two ponies. I grew up around horses, and that really is my passion.”

— Kate Upton

13. “I’m a horseback rider. I know how to use a whip.”

— Kate Upton

14. “I grew up in Florida riding horses, so for the majority of my life I was either in boots and jeans or a bathing suit.”

— Kate Upton

15. “I love my curves. You know, I’m healthy and I think thats what Sports Illustrated represents: healthy, confident women who love their bodies.”

— Kate Upton

16. “I like my bikinis very small, and I also like, uh, nude-colored bikinis because people double-take – they think I’m naked on the beach.”

— Kate Upton

17. “People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It’s actually funny. I’m always like, I’m about to pull something on you, and you’re so focused on thinking I’m dumb you’re not even going to know.”

— Kate Upton

18. “I just think that pick-up lines in general are horrible. None of them work.”

— Kate Upton

19. “So if I get pegged as a bikini girl, that’s fine, and that can still translate into acting or other areas. But, no, I don’t wanna be doing bikini shoots my whole life.”

— Kate Upton

20. “You have to think hard with a tattoo. ‘What will I love for the rest of my life?’”

— Kate Upton

21. “I never deprive myself. If I’m craving something once a week, then Ill go have it Ice cream or whatever, I just eat the foods I like.”

— Kate Upton

22. “If I can help and influence girls who are going through body-image issues then I think that’s amazing.”

— Kate Upton

23. “I’m actually an equestrian, and I showed in the American Paint Horse Association and competed for top 20 in the nation.”

— Kate Upton

24. “I feel confident with myself, and if that inspires other women to feel confident with their bodies, great.”

— Kate Upton

25. “Anywhere in life, for girls there’s pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.”

— Kate Upton

26. “I always had career goals. And I figured out a path I wanted to take to accomplish those goals. If that meant calling the best modeling agency in the world, that’s what it meant.”

— Kate Upton

27. “I have a paralyzing fear of snakes.”

— Kate Upton

28. “I understand why my male followers like me.”

— Kate Upton

29. “I want to be able to sing well, but I have the worst voice in the world.”

— Kate Upton

30. “I think as long as you look like your having a good time, I’m impressed. Because I have a lot of energy, and I like being around it all the time. If you’re just sitting in the corner, I probably won’t notice you.”

— Kate Upton

31. “My dream was always to be on the cover of ‘Sports Illustrated.’”

— Kate Upton

32. “I’ve always loved fashion, but it’s not what I set out to do.”

— Kate Upton

33. “I would love to have my own lingerie line.”

— Kate Upton

34. “Normally, when you go to a beach, everybody is wearing bikinis, but on a film, you’re the only one. There’s like 60 people staring at you. They’re doing their jobs, but they’re still staring at you.”

— Kate Upton

35. “I’m sure every designer has a certain person in mind who they would ideally like to wear their clothes, but the problem is that a lot of the time that person doesn’t actually exist, unless she is a 15-year-old model.”

— Kate Upton

36. “I think the fame aspect, there was definitely a period when I had to get used to it. My family had to get used to it, too. It’s exciting.”

— Kate Upton

37. “My mom played every sport possible. My dad is ‘extremely’ competitive. You can’t even play Ping-Pong with him.”

— Kate Upton

38. “I like to laugh. I like to have a good time. I don’t like to be so serious about things, so I would want a guy who would want to laugh and have a good time, too.”

— Kate Upton