My family has always been there to support me along the way. My coach, John Nicks, is a great influenceSasha Cohen
My family has loved Minnesota and that was one of the big reasons we decided to come back. For me, family decisions were a big part to coming back to the Twins. Jim Thome
My family has reduced the effect of my career on my self-esteem. When I'm with them, they make me feel special regardless of how I play. Phil Mickelson
My family knew, but most of the sporting world did not realize that my right hand been some 75% paralyzed. Bill Toomey
My family used to call me an oversized kid and I think that's pretty accurate in some ways. /j/jeremy_lin.html#C4fHvW3SWselC5eA.99Jeremy Lin
My family was all police and hard hats at the refineries; they didn't know what to think about me. So I became a closet writer. Robert Crais
My family, the support of my friends, the amount of people that have written and come up to me on the street and said, 'Thank you for representing us,' and Adam Lambert, and Lady Gaga, that's been amazing. Johnny Weir
My family, they're story tellers. My mom is Irish, and my dad is Italian. In my family, we weren't allowed to watch TV while we ate - we had to sit around the table and tell stories about our day. Meg Cabot
My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me fairy tales that he had made up shaped me profoundly, too. Kate DiCamillo
My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You know, he grew up in a boys home in the Bronx. He didn't really know his own family. So I couldn't hold it against him that he didn't know how to parent. He didn't know how to be the perfect husband. But he loved as much as he could. Hope Solo
My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were - they still are - great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too. Magic Johnson
My friends ask me why I still live with my family, but I feel comfortable there. We've all been through so much together.Shaun White
My kids are the future of the Mayweather family and of the Mayweather brand. I feel our family is stronger if we stay together. Floyd Mayweather Jr
My mom is proud of me. I just want to keep working hard so one day I can help my family. I am going to get a big house one day, and we all can stay in it and eat. Ben McLemore
My mom is real passionate and a family-first woman. She always told me that just because I can shoot a basketball better than someone else, I shouldn't think that I'm better than them. I know if I change, my friends and family would lay me down. She just wants to see her kids do right. Derrick Rose
My parents did a great job raising me and my two sisters. We all graduated from high school and we all graduated from college. So, to be a good representative of my family is probably my greatest accomplishment thus far. Robert Griffin iii
My two favorite things about being a pro player are Sunday afternoons being able to excite many fans and the money because I get to treat my family and friends and myself to nice things. Dante Hall
My whole life has been nothing but trying to find a way to take care of my mom and take care of my family as quickly as possible. Derrick Rose