Occupation: Beach Volleyball Player Birth: August 15, 1978
Well, being a working mommy is something I've always wanted to be. My mother is my biggest role model and she showed me how to do it right. She was v….
I'm doing mental training as well. So, you know, body, mind, and spirit - everything is being addressed, every single day. Generally I'll have three ….
People think we have coasted the last four years. We fought, we had a lot of battles. We've always had to battle..
In my heart, I'm so far from done..
I take my role as an ambassador for the sport, and as a role model for boys, girls, mommies, daddies - whoever it is - very, very seriously. I know t….
It's the best thing in the world, the most challenging thing in the world, being a parent, and one of the first lessons I learned was to ask for help..
It's not a sprint to get in shape..
I do a program called Fast Twitch twice a week, basically my lifting and strength training, I'm working with a spine specialist, which has been a new….
I used to sleep, eat, breathe volleyball. Now I have that with my kids..
At some point I go back on the sand to get my sand legs. Because it takes a good month for my legs to catch up with everything, with the displacement….
At the point when I switched from indoor to beach I had been playing indoor for 12 years. And, to be honest, to make a living indoors you have to go ….
At some point you're like, gosh, this rehab is never going to end, and then all of a sudden I'm full strength and I'm about to go to my first competi….
We have to fight the entire time, we can't start at the end when it's getting down to crunch time. We can't leave anything on the floor..
Misty [May] and I had something magical, and I think at the basis of that was so much trust. Especially in the really competitive situations where it….
But they've [my children] made me better. They hold me more accountable for who I am and who I aspire to be, and they make me want to be better. And ….
I want our kids to know that we have to feel our bodies. And nutrition is a huge part of that..
We had two goals...One was to cherish every moment together, cherish the journey because the journey allows you to learn and grow. The other was to w….
Misty May was looking for a partner, I was looking to stay at home, and the beach just came calling..
The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it..