Quotes About Family

My parents are creative on many fronts, and they pushed me to be that way, too. They wanted me to write, actually.

People think my family pushed me into running for office. The person who pushed me most not to run for office was my father.

I wanted people to know that my grandmother was the reason why I did comedy in the first place. She pushed me to really get out there and pursue my dreams.

My mother was from an entrepreneurial family and very creative. She always pushed me to take risks, to do things I wouldn't have thought of.

I was supposed to be adopted when I was five, but then my adoption was pushed back by two years.

After the success of Stephen's book, a whole new crowd of people became very interested in him, and the family was just pushed into a corner.

My parents really pushed me to excel in school. Education was always important to them, so it was important to me.

I have an elder brother who adores me and pushed me towards my goal. He just said 'go out and play.'

I got out of university and there was a general panic throughout my family as to what I was going to do. For about six months, I did this job in recruitment and I was just so awful at it. I jumped before I was pushed.

Since I was small, my dad and I have always been friends. He was never really hard on me. He never really pushed me to basketball.

I never really, really pushed my boys into boxing, but I guess it's in the blood.

It was my mom who pushed me. My mom actually pushed my dad to train me. My dad knows what it takes to play at this level and be a really good basketball player, and he just wanted me to make the choice for myself.

A lot of people throughout my life didn't believe in me, but I have a great support system - my mom, my dad, my AAU coach, Kevin Dockery - I just have a great support system of people who really pushed me and brought the best out of me.

My brother one time after a little league basketball game, I think he messed up or something had happened in the game, ends up getting in an argument with my dad. Ultimately he gets pushed down and he ends up cutting the back of his head. He had six or seven stitches over a 10-year-old basketball game. That was tough to watch.

What really pushed me into chasing basketball even more was my cousin making the NBA too, in 2003.

I've ridden shopping bikes. My dad held my saddle and pushed me along when I was five. I've had a go on a BMX.

And it's beautiful - the man that I married has never ever put just a limit on to what I could do and would do as a woman, as his wife, as a mommy. He actually pushes me out the door a little sometimes more than I wanted him to.

Kanye West is my older brother, an inspiring guy and someone who keeps pushing my level up further and further.

As tough as it was for us with my father gone, my mother and sister were always pushing me. They even let me go to Brazil by myself when I was 13 to train with Sao Paulo for four months.

My parents knew there was no point in pushing the football thing. I hated the boots.

My mum was always more pushing me towards the academic side; she wasn't really interested in me having a professional football career.

That's all I'm programmed for: to keep pushing and to try to make the most of my career and my life, to take care of my family.

On 'The Mick' we want to make the funniest family show possible, but maybe pushing the boundaries of which family members you want to be watching - some kids will be too young for it.

The props of being a Leeds United player in my own home city is good and the rewards in football are very good so it helps me to look after my family and they are the reasons why I carried on pushing, to help my family.