Marion Jones Quotes

My life often feels like a whirling dervish of kids, writing, speaking, and pastoral ministry.

I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.

I like to have fun, but I don't have a lot of time for myself. I do have eight kids!

From early morning to late at night, it's such an interesting life, and I'm healthy and free, and that's not so easy with a family.

You know what I like to do? I love waking up early, making them breakfast, taking them to school, having time in the morning with them. With six kids, it's like a reality show.

I always thought that if I wanted to do a family, I wanted to do it big. I wanted there to be chaos in the house.

I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track of.

I was always trying to find the balance between trying my best and being an incredible parent. I literally realized that it was chaos - but it was happy chaos.

Well, you know, my wife and I have eight children. We have now 19 grandchildren.

Once you have six children, you're committed.

I'm a mother. Mothers multi-task.

Balancing school, acting, and a social life can be difficult.

My mother was a master juggler. If you ask her, she'll say she was a wreck. There's plenty of screaming that went on in the house, but I think it was necessary just to be heard. There were eight children!

I grew up with a big family. I want that. I want to have my own family.

I'm a father of four so whenever I'm not working my kids have their different sports, or plays, or school performances, so I don't do a whole lot of other stuff besides being a dad.

I rarely get a moment to myself, but I love the way that my agenda is dictated by the children, not my work.

I'm a hockey coach and a single mother of two who commutes. I don't watch TV. I watch news, and that's it!

I am a marathon worker and marathon mother. I'll spend three or four days completely swallowed up by work. And if I make it home in time to say good night, I may have one good hour with the girls, maybe a brief family dinner or a family walk with the dog, and then it is back on the computer to prepare for tomorrow's shows.

We don't have nannies and all that, we look after our own kids. It's just what you do. If you want a big family that's just what you do, isn't it?

I'd have to say the biggest transformation would be my schedule. I'm really, really busy, but it's a lot of fun.

Half of the time, I'm walking around a construction site, then I'm transitioning into the evening, having drinks with the girlfriends or meeting with my husband and then racing back home to put the kids to bed. I have less time, so I'm a much more efficient decision maker.

Having two kids is like having 1000. It's just scheduling, moving around, being mobile.

We are all trying to balance our careers and children and give as much of ourselves and our time to them. You work and have a husband, and projects, and friends. It is a balancing act.

I love being a mum but I do love to work too.

It's about getting the kids up and fed, getting one to school, getting the other down for a nap, going to the grocery store, picking one up from school, getting the other one down for another nap, cooking dinner... I live my life at these two extremes. I'm either a full-time stay-at-home mom or a full-time actress.