I've done a lot of great things playing for this country and this national team in the youth stage.

I've had a fantastic career. I can sleep at night, and I'm happy with that.

I have to show up and do my job every day; that's my focus.

I wouldn't be doing my job, or holding myself to that standard that I see fit, if I just shut my mouth and played the game.

I did not choose acting as a career.

It's a notion that career-oriented women often neglect their families. But we should cut them some flak; these women are doing everything for the sake of family so that it progresses. I believe when kids see their mothers working hard, they take up responsibilities at home and are far more well-turned out than other children.

All I gotta do is my job, do what it is that I bring to the table - that fire - and put the thump on these songs, and everything's gonna work from there.

I can always track my career by the children - I started writing right after the 14-year-old was born, and sold my first book just in time to pay for the birth of the 12-year-old.