Quotes About Priorities

Oh, definitely and I talk about all the things that I really needed to make me happy at that point in time were outside of Mississippi, and now all the things that I need to make me happy are back there.

My own husband was divorced when we met, but without kids. I don't know what I would have done if he'd had them. I got the message very early on that the worst mistake a woman can make is marrying a man with children.

My kids know they can't make the same mistakes I've made. They've been through a lot with me always being on the road.

I was asked to be in Elton John's band, Joni Mitchell's band, and Miles Davis' band. I couldn't do it.

When Kelly was born, I thought seriously about retirement. But I wanted to see if it was possible to mix being a mother with tennis and the two combined very well.

It's hard to mix work and love.

Now I know what it feels to be a working mother - it's a mixed feeling. A part of me wants to face the camera, the other wants to stay with my son. But I am sure when the camera rolls, I'll forget everything else.

I have a son and daughter and wife that need me not in basketball mode when I'm home.

I would love to continue to model but also have a family.

I never took modeling seriously because I was so busy with cheerleading.

Modeling wasn't the thing that was going to define me in any way; it was just a way to make a lot of money.

Modeling was sort of a way to not work in a bar - it gave me time to really think about what I wanted to do, and things I liked and didn't like.

One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be.

The fact is that modern life has deprived us of life's one great luxury: time.

I have to be more modest now that I'm a mama, but I loved those days when I could really wear what I wanted to. I do love crazy shoes and clothes. But I mean, come on, I'm 38, so even if I like a dress of Betsey Johnson, I have to say, 'Stop it. Go for Chanel!'

Football has molded me in many ways, and I've had great experiences. But when I step back, I know that football is not what drives me. It's not really what's important.

I'm more eager to have kids than I am to go back to college. I want to be a mom really badly.

My mom told me, 'Make sure you do everything you want to do before you have kids.' So that's what I was doing. But biologically, the body is just like, 'Well, you should have done it.'

Now, if you're Al Gore, you can afford $10 a pop for squiggly-pig-tailed fluorescent light bulbs. But if you're mainstream America, two or three kids, mom and dad working outside the home, that's not a very good deal.

I focused my life on things that are a little more dependable, like my family and things that actually make me happy, rather than momentary flashes of success or anything like that.

I definitely love to work, and I'm loving being a mommy, so I'd like to try to balance both.

My first and most important job is being a mommy.

Working women, moms, students, they don't have a lot of time to spend on their faces.

Moms don't just sit there cooking everyday and aren't always there to greet their kids at the school bus.