I hope I just show women that its OK to inhabit your own body. Im not a rah-rah feminist. But its important to me that people see you can be an athlete and be strong-and also be a girl.
GabrielleI'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!
GabrielleXena, above all, remember your destiny. Remember it and fight, fight to come back. This world needs you. I need you.
GabrielleWithin a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives of their children. That if they do, there has to be some sort of ulterior motive.
GabrielleLook, my best friend is Xena, Warrior Princess and she is not going to like this forced wedding thing, if you get my drift.
GabrielleThe legends say, that Ares takes the form of his warriors and he visits their wives while they're away at battle.
GabrielleThere's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do a movie based on a Black writer's book that everybody is going to be Black.
GabrielleI myself am mixed race - my mother is Korean, and my father is an American Jew - so I've always felt other.
GabriellePeople think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
GabrielleJust like I find men who talk sports who don't really know sports annoying, I think men might find women who don't really have a true passion and knowledge of sports maybe not so attractive.
GabrielleYou don't have to be strong all the time, Xena. Sometimes it's good for the soul to be soft.
GabrielleYou know there are two kinds of tears. Tears for those who leave you and tears for those who you never let go. And I won't say goodbye to you Xena, 'cause we'll be together again one day.
GabrielleA lot of women seem to think the way to ingratiate themselves is to put down other women or backstab.
GabrielleTo sweat is to pray, to make an offering of your innermost self. Sweat is holy water, prayer beads, pearls of liquid that release your past. Sweat is an ancient and universal form of self healing, whether done in the gym, the sauna, or the sweat lodge. I do it on the dance floor. The more you dance, the more you sweat. The more you sweat, the more you pray. The more you pray, the closer you come to ecstasy.
GabrielleTo live a fulfilling life, we must combine passion with compassion and strength without strife; we must get out of our comfort zone and into our strength zone; and we must work every day with discipline to ensure that our daily agenda reflects our values, our priorities, and the legacy we wish to leave for others.
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