Quotes About Bonding

There was a 10- and 8-year difference between us, so my brothers were into tormenting me and I was into getting away from them.

We started out when I was 6 years old. We played ukuleles and sang Everly Brothers songs.

My four older brothers were my favorite players. That's why I got into football and sports.

I grew up with brothers, and we would play-fight a lot.

Usually, you don't really end up lifelong buddies with your co-stars.

I've been fortunate to have some great golfing buddies.

It's very rare that you get that period of time to hang out with your best buddy and ride motorbikes.

Sanjeev Nanda is a buddy. I've known him for some time and we hang around with common friends.

I just like working with my family; I like building something together.

I always wanted to play with my brothers, but they never let me and always bullied me. The bonding with my brothers happened only after we went our separate ways. That's when we understood the value of each other. Now, we talk a lot.

My kids need to be around me. And the times that I'm out of town, if I'm not too busy, they can come to me.

One of the best times at a start-up is when you've got the eight people in the basement eating Chinese food and everybody kind of shares knowledge, and you share in your successes and failures together, and you learn together.

I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage.

Mum was in her early 50s when she had four strokes in quick succession that almost took her off. I'd just come down from Cambridge with a rubbish degree. I spent a year reading to her - her eyesight was badly affected - and making sure she got proper rest. It was a special time but very intense, too.

At 12 years old, I raised a premature baby cow on our farm because her mom had died. I bottle-fed it every day, let it suck on my chin, and babied it until it was stable.

I am a complete sucker for family time.

A sudden intimacy occurs when someone does your hair.

Suddenly, my friend's daughters are becoming my best friends. I have so many 12-year-old girlfriends.

How do you build a relationship when you've hardly shared a word but suddenly share a child? How do you love a daughter you don't see for nearly two years? When does she become your daughter? How does she become your daughter?

I suffered from post-natal depression after Rowan was born. I had a healthy, beautiful baby girl and I couldn't look at her. I couldn't hold her, smile at her. All I wanted was to disappear and die.

What I'm talking about, what I strongly suggest to people, is that they should get closer to the people they're with.

Hanging out with my girlfriends is my sanity saver. We go out for a bad chick flick and dinner. I suggest you break free from the guys, see a really silly, girly movie, and get a little something to eat afterwards. It feels like a treat.

For me, football always meant that we came together as a family and, in the summer we played football outside.

When we grew up, our family and kind of gaggle of cousins would go to the south of France for the summers. And we just had a grand time.