Once I got past my anger toward my mother, I began to excel in volleyball and modeling.

If you want to stay fit, surround yourself with a couple of chicks who are fired up, so that the one day you're not, you can feed off their energy.

My body is a vehicle for the mechanics of my sport.

We hear all around us to love ourselves, and one of the ways we can do that is to eat food that serves our body, but also for us to love the food we're eating.

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.

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

I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.