But I was very much into sports when I was a child.

In this remark, Herzigová frames her later public image—often associated with fashion modeling and glamour—against a more ordinary, physical, and disciplined childhood identity. The emphasis on being “very much into sports” suggests early habits of bodily confidence, competitiveness, and stamina, qualities that can translate into the demands of a modeling career (travel, long shoots, maintaining fitness). It also works rhetorically to humanize her and counter stereotypes that models are detached from athleticism or childhood normalcy. The line is modest and retrospective, implying that interests and self-conceptions can shift over time while still leaving a formative imprint.