Quotes About Struggle

Sometimes I didn't want to skate. My dad would push me so hard to get better.

What is a normal childhood? We weren't rich, we were pretty middle-class. My dad survived from job to job; with him taking care of so many relatives, he couldn't save any money.

My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related.

My dad worked - f - k if I know - seven jobs? He painted a house. He would deliver toilets. He drove a cab, delivered pizzas. Whatever he could do, he did.

My dad was a tyrant. He used to physically beat the crap out of us.

When I was a teenager, my dad used to put a lot of pressure on me to be successful, and I'd really beat myself up about things like losing martial arts competitions.

I couldn't walk down any street in Britain without being laughed at. It was a nightmare. My children were devastated because their dad was a figure of ridicule.

Fighting Dad's not a fight. Fighting dad is, "Hi, you've just instigated your own mugging! Come on down!"

My dad has had a rare form of leukemia since I was in about 7th grade.

My dad's all I've ever had. When I was 3 and 4, my mom used to take me to bars. I understand why now - babysitters cost beer, beer and-a-half an hour.

I used to help my dad with a stall selling eggs when I was about 12. People were so hard up they would ask for one egg. But mostly no one came by at all. It was very demoralising.

No, no, no, no,no,' he gasped. 'You can't bring up your mum and dad while your hand is down there, Finke

My dad was a Communist Party member who fought for his country.

My father, never chooses me for anything. Unless he needs a human shield. Thirty years and all I am to him is a hunk of meat to block buck shot. Told you dad needed me. Who's the best man now?

I went from living in my dad's basement to moving to New York. So I never had that middle ground of easing into adulthood.

When you're nearing 35, going, 'Hey Dad, I can't make these payments,' just isn't cool.

Dad, I can count the number of normal school days I've had this year on one hand.

Monsters,' her dad said, a tear tracing his cheek. 'I live in a world of monsters.

Some girls are apparently born with dates; some through much personal activity, achieve them; but others seem by necessity to have dates thrust upon them.

So May 4th in the labor movement has always been an important date.

The dating process is not normal for me.

The U.S. prostitutes are fighting with everybody, shooting at everybody. It's like dating a gangbanger.

Could you imagine the way I felt, I couldn't unfasten her safety belt. All the way home I held a grudge, for the safety belt that wouldn't budge.

I started with this idea in my head, "There's two things I've got a right to, death or liberty."