Quotes About Tradition

Growing up in Mexico, I know what real Mexican food is - and isn't.

People ask me all the time, 'What do you do for Cinco de Mayo?' And my honest answer is always, 'When I was growing up in Mexico, nothing. Really, nothing. It was a school day. It was totally normal.' But when I grew up and started going to San Diego and started drinking margaritas, that's when Cinco de Mayo celebrations started for me.

Growing up in Miami, being Cuban is integrated into our culture. When we greet anyone, we give them a kiss on the cheek.

Michigan is a proud university.

My middle class values are intact.

Having grown up in the Middle East, eating beans for breakfast always seemed like a bizarre British eccentricity.

I lived a very, very Middle Eastern life until I was in my early 20s. It was very sheltered.

In some cultures, like Middle Eastern, Egyptian, or Asian cultures, people are often hesitant to give any negative feedback.

Country music historically has been sort of middle-aged people's music.

I love 'O Holy Night.' On Christmas Eve, there's a service at the church where I grew up, and at midnight, we would always sing, 'O Holy Night' with candles.

Going out with friends for a nice dinner and then attending the midnight mass are some of the memories I cherish.

I was raised Catholic in the Midwest, so I can't enjoy anything.

I'm from the Midwest.

I like healthful foods, but I'm from the Midwest, so I like food that's been around longer.

I feel very Midwestern at my core.

I've got German, Cornish and Scottish ancestry. It might help explain my affinity for forests, the sea, and fatty foods.

The DNA of AC Milan is something I have inside me.

When I'm a little kid watching Chicago Bears games, hot salsa would be on the table and the first time I was like, 'Ah, this is hot Dad, get mild salsa,' and he was like: 'Not in my house. We have real salsa. And if you can't handle real salsa then you can just eat dry chips.'

I didn't grow up during the time that Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis and all those people were playing. So it's not really my responsibility to keep it up, what they were doing.

For me, it was kind of like going into the military or something. And anybody - any male - who has ever worked in a French kitchen knows what I am talking about when I say that.

I am extremely close to my grandma. Growing up, she would always do my hair; she was always the one who would make me chocolate milk or rice when I came home.

In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.

I go back home for Christmas every year. Inevitably, somebody from my family will say, 'How's the karate going?' I've told them a million times I do jiu-jitsu, but it's always, 'This is Riley. He does karate.' They're very different art forms!

I don't mind a bit of cricket, but it has to be something massive like the Ashes.