Kerri Walsh Quotes

I think one of the coolest things for my daughters is that they'll get to see their mom being a working mom. It's one of the things I'll be most proud of.

I adore going to movie sets and being part of a team trying to create something. And yet, I hate to miss even one bedtime with my girls. . . My sisters both are working mothers. I understand that my being an actress as well as being at home isn't some heroic thing. That doesn't mean it isn't confusing or difficult--especially that question of how you find a balance.

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 very present in our lives and has a great career of her own. Same with my father. So I knew it was possible going in to stay closely connected to my children while also chasing big dreams.

I have an incredible role model in my mom. She was a single mother raising two kids in New York.

I am an actress, a producer, a philanthropist, a wife, and above all a mommy to my beautiful babies, Leonardo and Valentino.

If I'm brave, 99% of it comes from my mother.

My mom is a wonderful woman. She's always been an inspiration to me, but having kids helped me make even more sense of my relationship with her.

She was just the most wonderful mother. She loved working with Fred Astaire - she would talk about working with him.

I have so much admiration for women who are mothers, who balance family and work. I see them and I have this word in my head - respect. I also look to learn. I see these women and I think, 'Yes, it can be balanced, it can all work out.'

A mother's role is God-ordained. Mothers are to conceive, bear, nourish, love, and train. They are to be helpmates and are to counsel with their husbands.

I am inspired by many people. First and foremost, I'm inspired by my mother. She definitely helped her children to feel unconditional love and I want to be that same kind of mother.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

I'm like any working mom.

I hope, what I hope the most is to be more successful as a mother than in show business, because to be a mother is the most difficult I will ever have to do.

I used to say, 'Man, I think I'd be a really good dad. I'll be a great provider. I'm funny; I'll go on trips with them - I'll do all sorts of stuff.' But the momming? I'm not made for that. I have a really good mom; I know what she put into it.

Who I really am is the mother of six kids and Woody's wife.

At 24, I took time off to have a baby, and ever since, I have been juggling modelling with motherhood.

I'm a just a mom when I walk down the street.

I hope I'm very similar to my mum because she is a fantastic mother. She was driven as well as being incredibly protective and caring, and I think that is important.

Now, I am thrilled to be a wife and mother, and I hope to be as good of a mother as my own mother, Carole.

Becoming a mother is the best thing that's happened to me.

My mom was a model. She had me at 20, so she was a young mother.

I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life.

I never thought I was a great mom. I always worked. I fell in love with my children as they got older.