Quotes About Fatherhood

My son's a big John Cena fan and obviously a big fan of mine who is very proud of everything I'm accomplishing.

I always said that I would provide for my son differently to how I was provided for from my father. That was my desire when I was 20 and not even playing in League One.

My son makes me want to be better so that I can be there for him.

My son has been called many names, accused of many horrible crimes. As a father, I've borne all the humiliation that my son has undergone.

I do not have a son; if I had a son, I wouldn't necessarily discourage him from playing football, but I don't know that I would encourage him to play, either.

My son had his eighth birthday recently and we had a chance to borrow the film and show it to all of his friends that was at his birthday party and they loved it. I was a little nervous. I said they might not even like it, and say his daddy's movie is wack, but they loved it.

A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah's Ark.

I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son.

I just hope it grows into where it was before because I want my son to see it. I want him to have a positive memory of it going forward, so he can be proud of his daddy.

Some people might not like him because he's my son. But be respectful, go out there and enjoy the game.

I don't feel my son should pay the price for what I do.

I worked so much when my first son was born that I missed a lot.

My sons remember me most as a Cardinal. My one son is 26 years old, and I don't think he's ever seen me without a beard. It's not as black as it used to be, but it's still there.

I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day. I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young sons become men.

I've got two very sophisticated daughters who'd rather die than see their dad in a technicoloured knitted jacket.

I had no relationship with my father. He was never around. I met him when I was a sophomore in college. I wanted to meet him that once. I asked why he wasn't there for us. He said, 'I had other obligations.'

I met my grandfather just before he died, and it was the first time that I had seen Dad with a relative of his. It was interesting to see my own father as a son and the body language and alteration in attitude that comes with that, and it sort of changed our relationship for the better.

Because I'm a big guy, I was always playing the bad guy or whatever, but after I did 'The Blind Side,' where I played a father who's a really loving, likeable sort of person, a lot of those barriers were broken down. People saw me as something softer, not so much as a heavy anymore.

So many men have holes in their souls the shape of their fathers. You can pass that on to your kid, or you can do something about it, and I'm seeing a lot of men doing something about it.

My health is only just good enough for myself alone, not good enough for marriage, let alone fatherhood. Yet when I read your letter, I feel I could overlook even what cannot possibly be overlooked.

Fathers and daughters have a special bond. She is always daddy's little girl.

If you come anywhere near my daughter, I will see to it that you are taken apart piece by bloody piece. Do I make myself clear? Any clearer, says Cam, and you'd be invisible.

Don't you wish you were Charles Bukowski? I can paint too. Lift weights. And my little girl think that I am God. Then other times, it's not so good.

It was a miracle, finding myself a father. I can't tell you. He was so small, and yet so real. He moved, he made sounds, he opened his eyes and stared into my face. His hands clutched at my fingers. It was unexpected, the depth of my feelings for him even then. I'd have done anything for him. Died for him if need be. Nothing I'd ever done to that point in my life seemed half so important.