Ciara Quotes

I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom.

When I had my daughter, my priorities shifted. Being in the world of fashion you have to be very self-absorbed and surrounded by people that are self-absorbed.

I think a good mom is an awake mom. At least for me, I've always been a kinder, better person awake than sleep-deprived!

I'm a mom first.

When I'm in the gym, I'm in the gym, and that is my focus. But when I'm not in the gym, I'm enjoying being a mom and taking care of those responsibilities .. They really do provide me with the balance that I need to be a more complete athlete.

When I turned 25, something changed in me. I see children in my future 100%. Soon. I started thinking I want my kids to look back and say, 'Wasn't Mummy amazing?' I've really started thinking about what I'm leaving for them.

Being a parent means my time use has to be a bit more focused, but it also gives me a new non-writing dimension to my life, which is a healthy thing. I can't wander along for weeks with an idea drifting through my head - I have someone who will drag me back into life, and that's a good thing.

All my life my priority was football, football, football. I was just fully focused on that and when my kids were born that focus changed gradually. I had something in my life that changed my perspective. You experience something that is more important than win, lose or draw.

I've become a lot more relaxed about my career, but maybe that's a part of growing up. I realise there are things I hold dear and value, aside from professional achievements.

I want to be playing music, and I want to be a great mom, and I want to do everything.

After my daughter was born, I made a promise to myself to live in the moment.

Ha, well you see... this notion of a balanced life, I don't think I'm ever going to be able to have that... but I can have what I call an integrated life.

Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.

I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously -

I love being a mom. And I think what I love the most is the way it makes me think about what's important and what's not important. What to fight for and what to just be cool with. What it is that I'm teaching through example and what it is that I was taught that I don't want to teach.

I'm like any working mom.

I think at the end of the day you have to find a balance with what's really important.

My career is really important to me, but there have to be other great, important things in your life besides work.

There's so much more to life than golf. Family is always first.

Outside of interviews, I spend very little time thinking about myself. I spend time thinking about my writing and my children and other things that are pertinent.

I want to be more successful as a mother than I am in show business.

I don't want to let my life as a woman pass me by. There's a time to work, there's a time to be young and crazy, and there should be a time to enjoy motherhood. I'm actually looking forward to that.

Being a mom is what life is about. I hope people realize what the priorities in life should be and know not everything has to be perfect.

Motherhood has helped me to stop overanalyzing things. It's been liberating because I used to be somewhat neurotic. I attribute that to having something bigger than myself.

Being a mom kind of grounded me in a way. Your body takes on a whole new meaning.