Even if I'm gone all day, breakfast is the one meal I always cook for my kids. I make French toast, oatmeal, or an egg burrito.

Volleyball anchored me at a time in my life when I needed it. It gave me a reason for being this big, big girl.

I can't sing but I can understand wanting to keep a balance, trying to pursue dreams, while creating a stable environment for my children.

Some women just fight to fight. I fight to win.

That isn't to say that Hawaii's better. On the mainland, everyone seems to be trying to get somewhere. Kids are taught to shoot for the moon, to believe in their ability to do anything, to follow their passions. In Hawaii, you're stuck in the middle of the Pacific, and it can be difficult to see how you're going to follow your passion from there.

I think sometimes when I go to make a move on something, people try to disqualify any talent that I have or any hard work that I've done.

I never had only one job. I was either playing ball or writing or doing TV or modeling.