I'm very open-minded.

On a regular basis I go over in my mind some of the most troublesome things I see about how people approach eating, and the wonder mess we have made out of a very simple thing.

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 don't have a life, I really don't. I'm as close to a nun as you can be without the little hat. I'm a golf nun.

The key is that I control my life; my life doesn't control me.

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.