Mary Lou Retton Quotes

It is a very important matter, as a woman, to juggle everything... Your professional life, family, children etc.

I'd love to do some bedtime stories for kids or that kind of thing. But with the demands of the shooting schedule and balancing the demands of being a single mother, it's a wonder you can squeeze in anything.

My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.

While raising my children, I would like to take on other challenges.

I was writing and I have three kids. I was occupying my time with them but it was difficult.

One has to divide attention between having kids and a full workload.

My biggest challenge every day is to be a great mother and a great businesswoman.

I feel like I'm one of the many working mothers. And I only have one child. I know working mums who have three or four. It's definitely a challenge but it's a wonderful challenge to be able to do both.

All I am is a writer and a mom.

I am a working mom, so to be able to have a space for my kids as well as a space for my work, it's just great. That is what balance is.

I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!

One thing I didn't want to believe in is that I couldn't have a family and do music at the same time.

I've been travelling, returning home for promotional appearances, and juggling it all with being the mother of a five-year-old.

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.

I'm like any working mom.

I'm a working mom. I've been working since I was 14 years old.

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.

When I hear that a project takes place out of town, the material better be terrific, and it has to come at the right time. My kids are getting older, so it's getting easier, but being a mother - it's a difficult thing to juggle.

I have a big life, a small child, I work, I do a lot of things, so I'm often playing catch-up with what's current.

The balancing act of motherhood and a career, and being a wife, is something that I don't think I'll ever perfect, but I love the challenge of it.

I'm a full-time dad; I'm a part-time actor.

I'm doing less than I used to because I'm a family man now, and I have two kids.

I am a mother, so I'm used to balancing things.

I'm a mother, and my life is very full.

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.