Even in high school, I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn't too happy. She'd say, 'Think about this.' And I'd always end up getting back in the pool. Use this quote
Because my parents, growing up, they worked hard. Everyone in my family woke up early in the morning. I used to see my mother and my father go off to work, and come back and, no matter what, they had time for the kids. Use this quote
After completing a Delaware State education, they were afforded opportunities beyond anything they might have imagined - and they opened doors for themselves that surely would have remained closed if they only had a high school education. Use this quote
The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults. Use this quote
My strength never came from political echelons, it came from the family. And from the fields and the lands and the flowers and everything I see there. My strength came from there. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
I try to act out of faith. Use this quote
My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she was a Protestant from Ireland but wasn't especially religious. Use this quote
I always like to watch comics and it's interesting that you can tell if someone's funny in 10 seconds. Use this quote
As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage. Use this quote
I came from a real working-class show business family. Use this quote
I grew up a Red Sox fan. I grew up going to Fenway Park and the Museum of Fine Arts and the Science Museum and Symphony Hall and going to the Common, walking around. My whole family at different times lived and worked in Boston. Use this quote
I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6, but absolutely dysfunctional in my domestic life. I had no experience of fatherhood. I had no example of marital bliss or the family unit. Use this quote
Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit. Use this quote
I did commit to myself that I would not jump back into being the workaholic that I can be before I gave myself an honest opportunity to create the marriage of my dreams and to create the beginning of the family of my dreams, and that took a hot second. Use this quote
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible. Use this quote
I think that people who have played sports have an ability to relate to people because when you're playing you have to work on teams and with opposing players. Use this quote
Although my dad was a doctor, we weren't necessarily a super-artsy family. We were just a classic, traditional family who got to take a lot of piano lessons and became a bunch of musicians. Use this quote
After he was assassinated, his family and the men who had served him continued the lying and began the destruction, censoring and hiding of JFK's medical records. Use this quote
Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer. Use this quote