Quotes About Upbringing

My mom died when I was 16. I had a rough childhood, you know what I mean, but it made me strong.

My parents, they come from different backgrounds. They don't even value money.

I'm very lucky my parents were into different kinds of music.

I grew up in dance studios. I was forced to be in several numbers in recitals and dance competitions. I took one tap class - literally one class - and then I quit.

I come from nothing. Growing up I didn't really have too much, and I can tap into that anytime that I want to and just remember how bad things were for me growing up and just knowing that I never want to go back there and I don't want my kids to go through it.

I'm not a great hunter. But I have fired guns in the past, when I was growing up. But it was part of growing up where I lived. You go out hunting or target practice. They also taught you to respect guns.

I was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer.

My family brainwashed me, like I'm brainwashing my children. They brainwashed me with good taste.

I can't eat beans - all beans. I think because I'm half Cuban. So growing up, we were always eating black beans and rice, and I think I just said, 'Enough with it,' and I can't even stand to taste it anymore.

If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas.

I've tasted the dirt side. I've tasted being broke. I've been in the dumps, I've lived in motels as a kid. I want a different opportunity for my children. I never want them to see those things.

My parents have very different tastes. They exposed me to so many different things. I represent both sides.

My mom and dad taught me nothing but ABCs.

My mom was a saint. She taught me to be terminally nice.

My father has been a motivation in my life, he always taught me to be a self-made man because he also started with nothing.

My father was a negative person. He actually taught me to be negative, if that makes any sense. I remember him saying: 'You know there's no point in expecting anything good to happen because it won't.' I grew up in such a negative atmosphere.

My earthly parents don't know my potential or my divine qualities. They weren't taught how to diagnose or be aware of such things.

My parents were pretty lenient with me. But, they gave me morality while I was growing up. They taught me the difference between right and wrong.

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.

My parents always taught me to be humble no matter what the experience, to not think I was better than anyone else.

I was like any other kid: very normal, I can say. I just was a simple kid that came from a humble family and was taught by my father to be a family man and be committed to them. I stepped into boxing following my older brothers.

We were pampered, but our family taught us how to lead a balanced lifestyle.

I was brought up in a home environment where I was taught to think critically and was encouraged to seek answers to questions about my faith.

When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings.