Quotes About Heritage

We at Ferrari are a small, dynamic company, and we show what Italy can do.

I was born in Catanzaro, Italy, from a Calabrese mother and a Ligurian father.

In the past a lot of Italians emigrated to Argentina, and now us Argentinians, and in my case, us footballers, are returning to Italy. We always try to keep our identity.

We lived off the land in Italy.

I'm a first-generation American. My mother is from Argentina. My father is from Italy. When my dad was around five or six, his family migrated to Argentina. That's where he met my mom. They got married, and moved to Los Angeles - North Hollywood, to be exact.

Blue Ivy can say she knows who her great-great-great-great-grandfather is. How many people can say that?

I grew up in the countryside and always used to wear my parents' Barbour jackets. It is a fantastic British heritage brand.

Even if I wasn't in music, even if my father was a carpenter, some guy in Jamaica would go 'You're just like Bob. You're just like your father.' That happens in Jamaica all the time.

I have never been to Jamaica and in footballing terms, I feel English because this is where I grew up and played all of my football. That is not to say I don't have immense pride in my Jamaican heritage - I certainly do.

My family is from Jamaica, it's why I don't do 'Who Do You Think You Are' because within two or three generations is slavery, and I'd be there two minutes in crying, they're all slaves! So I don't want to do 'Who Do You Think You Are.' It's in my family.

I want to tell Jamaica, Happy 50th Anniversary.

I want to go to Jamaica, actually. My whole family's from there, so I'd like to go there.

My father's from Jamaica.

Bob's whole life is about Africa. It is not about Jamaica.

I grew up in an Irish Catholic family, and I think they force you to watch every James Cagney movie.

If you want to go way way back, then I'm Scottish. My great great grandfather was Scottish, James Gordon Harriott, and a white Scotsman too.

Our family is fortunate to have a well-documented history in a book titled 'The Flores Family - 1725 to 1963' by James F. Padgett.

I've grown up in the Treme, and I played in a bunch of brass bands. My brother, James Andrews, had a brass band.

There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.

Actually, I live in FL now. But, I mean, of course I'm very honored to be playing for Japan. But my dad's side is Haitian, so represent.

I would love to live in Japan again, but would need to really commit to learning the language before doing it. Both my parents speak Japanese fluently, so I suppose it would feel like a tradition.

I'm not American. I still have my Japanese citizenship.

Growing up in California, I obviously knew about our deep connections with the Japanese.

I grew up in a unique environment where I was immersed in both Japanese and American cultures equally.