Quotes About Family

My mum told me, 'At that moment when you know you can't do both, the marriage and the kids, choose the marriage because you're going to be spending your whole lives together, so you have to put a lot of work and attention into the relationship.'

My mum told me once I was a Hindu.

I know I can count on my mum and brother to be there for me through good and bad times.

I really thought I couldn't be a mum. We had tried several times with IVF,, and it hadn't worked and we'd given up in a way. We both thought, 'You know what, that's that. It's not going to happen - let's move on.'

My mum is a lovely woman, so strong but so kind and compassionate. She brought us up to be proud, loving and forgiving.

My dad was a different bloke to me and not very nice to my mum, although I never judge him. If you did, you'd become one of those people who is all-consumed by a fault in their past. And I haven't got the time for it.

I don't like cutting my hair. I did that once, and my mum thought I was a boy.

Mum was an absolutely determined woman. She was determined I would have a good education, and they went without all sorts of things to ensure it.

My father was often away with the army, or in London, but mum did a lot of the cooking. She never liked cakes - not baking. Meat. Fish. That's what she did.

My mum was my inspiration. As cliche as that sounds, she was the reason that we started. She chose cycling to lose weight. I was only eight at the time, so I just followed what my mum did.

My mum was a librarian, and my dad worked in Greenland.

My mum wouldn't let me go outside. Coming back from school, the gang men sometimes would say things, but I would walk by, never answer, and my mum would go tell them leave me alone.

It was just me and my mum growing up, and my mum's always said that's why I'm so mature. We were best friends, and if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't even have started athletics, because she wanted me to have a hobby.

We went to Ibiza, and I was on Ritalin, and, for a kid who couldn't concentrate, I read a 200-page book on King Arthur, and my mum just hated it. She said it just wasn't me.

I thought that if I could play rugby on TV, I'd be able to get my mum a house. That was the driving factor.

Awards go up at Mum and Dad's, but home is home, and I don't like to bring the office home.

My mum will never let me be anything but grounded.

Quite honestly, I'm so happy to be Jonathan's wife and my children's mum that anything else is a bonus.

My mum says part of the reason we moved house, it was a rough area at the time, was down to that - they wanted to help me.

I did Jools Holland, which was bonkers because it's an institution, and as a family, we've all been into it our whole lives, and then I did Hootenanny. I took my mum and dad along, and they were sat there next to Gregory Porter and Chaka Khan. My dad was just laughing, like he couldn't believe it was real.

I've always been quite insecure. I had followed Mum and Dad into TV and yet in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't for me.

Aside from the whole Richard and Judy fame thing, I am incredibly lucky they're my mum and dad.

But while mum and dad were incredibly caring, it was also a very chaotic household where everyone fought about everything. So I know what it's like to internalize all that chaos.

My mum and dad are massive Bowie fans, so I grew up listening to his music.