I love to read, and I like the fact that there's some silence in my life.

It is the strength of the mother that is going to change the way the world is. It's the compassion, the love, the very open spirited mother and woman that will move us forward in this new century. It's no doubt.

I just want to serve up the goodness and grace that's been given to me because I made a choice that lined up with my passion. And that's what I tell my kids.

For me, I've lived a life as an athlete.

We live in a world of creative beauty - the grand architect of the universe. God has planted something for us - a playground to play in if we choose to look at it that way and understand it. So, this time for me, is really a time to create.

I have a lot of very, very powerful women in my life. My mother being the first.

I came from a divorced mother and father, obviously mixed race.