Sara Blakely

Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’ is my go-to song to pump myself up if I’m having a tough time or if I get really nervous right before a speech.

Sara Blakely

Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.

Sara Blakely

Everything in our society is so purposeful.

Sara Blakely

Failures are life’s way of nudging you and letting you know you are off course. Trying new things and not being afraid to fail along the way are more important than what you learn in school.

Sara Blakely

I feel that women have been neglected, unnecessarily neglected and mistreated personally by the fashion industry and shapewear in that entire category was a definite place that we were neglected.

Sara Blakely

I got a call from the Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah had chosen Spanx as one of her favorite products in 2000. I had boxes of product in my apartment and I had two weeks notice that she was going to say she loved it on TV and I had no shipping department.

Sara Blakely

I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so purposeful. Let’s bring joy back to the experience.

Sara Blakely

I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver.

Sara Blakely

I’d never worked in fashion or retail. I just needed an undergarment that didn’t exist.

Sara Blakely

If we can put a man on the moon, we can make pantyhose comfortable.

Sara Blakely