Quotes about Family

You know how everyone - there's this maxim that we all become our mother or we all become our parents. And, generally, I really wouldn't mind becoming my mother. I really like her, so I wouldn't mind becoming her. But I definitely need to edit her.

I want to get the maximum out of my career. Football is my life. And when my career is over, I want to look after my family to help my children. That is all.

O.K., my family isn't, like, stupid-wealthy. But I'm coming from a place where if football doesn't work out, I don't have to work at McDonald's.

My stuff is observational, what people do with their lives from the angle of a man that can't pull it off. So if I talk about having a family, it would be through the medium of a man who is in no fit state to be given a child to look after.

No matter how liberal or modern a family is, there will always be resistance when someone discloses that they are dating someone.

Listen to your parents; respect them. They are well wishers.

I can't put my family at risk. My son already has a respiratory problem. He has asthma.

It was something I always wanted to do, to own a restaurant, because I love food. But particularly when I first moved to London, because I was on my own - I was single, away from my family, so it seemed very important, to have a place where you could go to meet friends and eat.

I'd love to get back in the ring so my son could see me, but that's it.

You can't forget your roots.

In the House, you can predictably spend roughly four to seven days back home with family.

My mother was a classic matriarchal figure. She'd sing round the house and always had music on.