Gabrielle Reece Quotations

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

Funny, how moms can tell you what to do no matter how old or big you are.

I think any time people behave in a way that's truly them, then they'll never fail. You get in trouble when you try to copy others.

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

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 motivation has always been health - eating healthy and taking care of myself.

It's sort of like, our bodies are designed to keep moving, and when we don't move it, we're not going to feel great.

Food is fuel and not a solution to anything other than giving your body nutrients. I love chocolate like the next girl, but it's not going to change my situation.

You slam the bottom and either walk away or suck it up and get through it.

Eating and food are a wonderful part of our life's experience, and half of us are walking around dreading having to figure out what to put in our mouths.

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.

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.

I didn't get into this to pick up a new hobby. I don't want to just be a golfer. I want to be the best.

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

The best thing about golf is ultimately what it teaches you about yourself. And the worst thing is how freakin' nervous it can make you feel.

I think if I was 5-foot-3, I would have been really popular and dated a lot more in high school. I didn't develop like the pretty girl.

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.

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

Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!

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.

If you don't know one thing about Kid Rock it's that he's loyal. His band has been together for a long time, he stands by his friends, and the guy still lives in his home state of Michigan.

My three best friends get me through everything: I need cute jeans, my kids are driving me crazy, I'm throwing a party, whatever. They keep me dialed in.

With both kids, I started working out again at 16 days postpartum, but I treated myself with kindness, doing mild workouts, because my fitness level was lower.

I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.

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.

he needed some professional organization. Janie really had to get creative. Being female is an easier card to play. But we understood image.

I wasn't sure I'd ever find a man strong enough to suit me.

The one important rule I have with the kids is that when we go to a place, we eat what they eat. I'm not bringing food or going to waste time trying to find foods that I know they like. Eating is a part of travel.

Work travel for me, which is - I hate to say it - more enjoyable now that I have kids.

I'm a natural. That's why I make the big bucks.

I am a babe for a living.

I'm very open-minded.

I really don't have the time to spend much time online, I do have web tv, which I use when I need information.

We've figured out our roles: I wanted someone to take care of the male roles - the big stuff - and Laird [Hamilton] does that very well. I'm here to be the mom and make it better for him, and that's my choice.

I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.

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

I'd like to go to Africa, away from water, away from what's normal for us. When you put yourself in those places your life looks so far away. It makes a big imp

I want to play until the end.

I don't want to be famous famous. I'm happy on the second tier, where I have autonomy on a professional level but I can still go out to the movies without being recognized.

No one single person is going to make each other happy, and it's foolish to expect the other person to do that.

Have a short memory and a lot of forgiveness. Especially us girls who don't forget a thing. Move on ...

In Hawaii, if you're invited to dinner, it's assumed that the children are invited as well. On the islands, no one treats children like they're not part of the conversation. People talk to children as people and include them in adventures and conversations.

Taking care of yourself is so important.

To truly be feminine means being soft, receptive, and - look out, here it comes - submissive,

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.

The HoneyLine' is my web site and TV segments that were birthed out of the stark reality that we all need a few people to help navigate this life.

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.

My kids that's their backyard. I think when they're adults, their memories will be mostly of spending time at beach, the exploration, the freedom that you have. You take care of your house that you live in and we make our bed and we clean our cars and we do all that stuff, but yet we neglect sort of the place that really provides us with the greatest form of sustainability, which is the ocean.

Even though I take care of the mom stuff, I've maintained my own individuality with my own projects, and I think my girls see that I'm not just the mom or the wife.

People are already p*ssed off at me because I'm athletic and beautiful; to be smart in addition to that... it's like, too much.

In some ways, I'm relieved that I didn't have a son.

I guess I crave stability.

I take the choice out of exercise. It's not an option.

I won't say my nutrition is perfect. If I'm at a restaurant and there's fresh pasta on the menu, I'm going to order it. At home, though, I avoid grains and do a lot of the cooking to control what our family eats.

Stay calm and aggressive.

Family and the natural surroundings played a big role in shaping my values.

Sports provide girls with the opportunity to develop a better relationship with their bodies. They can be aggressive on the court, be strong and still be feminine.

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