After having a child, my career just skyrocketed. You have all that weight to kill off – you’re working 10 times harder. Jessica McDonald Read Quote
You don’t know where you’re going to be tomorrow. It’s kind of hard to plan a future. Jessica McDonald Read Quote
What I am working hardest for is for my kid, for a better future for him. Jessica McDonald Read Quote
I know all the girls; we all have something to play for, we all have this goal, and we’re all on the same page as to what we want at the end of the day. But as for me, I have something a little bit more to play for, and that’s my kid. Jessica McDonald Read Quote
My journey has been up and down a little bit. Everything that has to do with success for me has sort of become a shock to me. You work so hard, you work so hard, and it happens; you’re like, ‘What? Wait, it’s happening to me?’ Jessica McDonald Read Quote
You name the sport, I’ve played it. I was quarterback for a football team one year, played volleyball, played softball – you name it. Jessica McDonald Read Quote
I’m not just working for myself anymore. I’m working for my kid as well, someone who’s actually looking up to me on a whole other level than the younger generation. Jessica McDonald Read Quote
Being able to inspire my kid with what I’m doing now, it’s going to help him succeed in the future, and that’s one of my main goals here – is to try and succeed on the field, and succeed as a mother. Jessica McDonald Read Quote
Obviously this is something huge, just to be playing on the world stage and repping all the parents out there – not just the parents, but obviously all of the African American girls who feel as if they don’t have much to rely to make your dreams come true, whatever the circumstances may be. Jessica McDonald Read Quote