Sarah Shahi

I did karate for about three years. When I was going into Miss Texas, my mom said, 'Let's not do karate this year. Let's not have any knocked-out teeth on the stage.'

The most important mark I will leave on this world is my son.

I'm a wife and a mother. I don't want to be immature; I have to be ready at all times.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.