Quotes About Father

My father used to say it was just there, the opportunity. It was all teed up for him. The talkies were starting, and here was Hollywood waiting for people to come from New York who had the training, who could do music with a sense of dramatic context.

I continually acted up to get attention. My father gave me that, and once he left, I felt that I didn't have any.

My father was a very contradictory man.

My father was a very powerful influence, well, always, through our life. He taught us very much that... we were very lucky and that we should make a contribution to country, that we were fortunate to live in America.

My father was actually controlling and abusive.

I love my dad so much. I don't have that cool thing where I have dad issues.

I am the coolest dad in the world.

My dad was a cop.

My father was a cop.

I've played a lot of cops. In fact, my father was a cop.

My father cut the umbilical cord for my son, because I wasn't actually there.

My father was educated in Cork, in the University of Cork, in the '50s.

I'm always on the court with my dad.

I didn't get why I was wearing a mask. But I understand it now - why my dad would want our face to be covered.

If you considered the risks of everything in life you wouldn't leave your house. But I am a father and a husband. I don't do these things for the hell of it. At the same time you accept the risks and acknowledge that there is a risk, that there could be a big crash or worse.

I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!

My dad thought my head looked like a basketball, so he set one inside my crib.

My father didn't know about cricket. Then, one of my father's friend advised him to take me to a coaching camp.

My father, who has played a bit of cricket, comes to Chepauk to watch every game I play.

You think of what might have been different if dad had been around, or how I might have turned out as a person. You just don't know. I might not even be playing cricket.

My dad never really played basketball, but now he's my biggest critic. I come home, and he says: 'Why didn't you shoot there? Why didn't you drive?'

Dad is the one I turn to for critique. It helps me to keep growing. When he said 'I am so proud of you,' it meant so much to me.

I think my dad always believed I would play for England, probably more than I believed it, but it never crossed our minds that we weren't going to make it.

To see your dad cry is like - It's different than to see your mom cry, you know?