Quotes About Upbringing

I come from very creative parents.

I think how you approach the game creatively definitely comes from how you grew up and how creative you are as a person.

I was brought up with an incredible amount of freedom and creativity.

My mom actually would not allow me to watch 'Dawson's Creek!'

When I was a baby, if I cried, my parents didn't give me a blanket. They gave me a ball and sent me to the little court in our backyard. I must have cried a lot because I was one of those kids who could dribble and shoot at 5 years old.

My dad's best friend was a food writer and critic, so I was very lucky to eat in beautiful Michelin-starred restaurants growing up.

Each day the thought crosses my mind that when they get older, my kids are going to look back and think about how they were raised. I know they will have a lot of questions about things that may not make sense because they were raised so unconventionally.

My parents weren't cultured people.

I had the French culture at school and I love this culture but I also had another culture at home - that of Senegal. I think this way of growing up has made me the person I am today - because I had the two cultures.

You know, we've got to be able to understand that in order to curb their behavior, we've got to be accountable as parents in how we raise our children.

Really, I was brought up with music as a second language. My mother was extremely encouraging of the sensitivities of my brain. It was this sense of curiosity but never pressure.

I got a lot of whoopings back in the day. I was a very curious kid.

My father worked in currency exchange, and my mother is a businesswoman.

My mother never cursed at home; my father never cursed at home. My father didn't drink. Even though we were poor, we would say a blessing over the table. So that's who I am.

The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.

I went to an English school and was brought up in English. So I don't feel Czech.

I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.

Dad was convinced always that I was going to be a road sweeper.

Where I come from, the block become your daddy.

My parents divorced, and I didn't have much of a daddy growing up.

My son is an L.A boy, just like his daddy.

Dads offer the spiritual love that instills confidence in children.

My brother was a Chargers fan, so we watched Dan Fouts a lot growing up.

I was a dancer, and my father was a dancer, so I really grew up in that environment.