Some people might only recognize me half naked in my bikini and bra!

I don't want women to hold themselves back. I think there are too many women who are self-conscious about the way they look - the way they see themselves in the mirror.

I was the first size 14 model to be featured in an ad in the magazine,I was the first size 14 model on the cover!

I felt free, once I realized i was never going to fit the narrow mold that society wanted me to fit in.

I hear that players tend to burn out of basketball, but I absolutely never had that experience myself. There were many times in my life where I got cut from a team I wanted to make, or didn't get playing time in high school, and even into college. But setbacks always inspired me to work harder, spend more time in the gym, play more, learn more, and watch more basketball.

Some styles don't look good on bigger women.

I got most of my confidence by having a mother who never said "I don't like this or this." It was just, "You've got to love what you have because it is the only body that has been given." I know that is where a lot of my confidence came from.