As a mother I think you often get so caught up in trying to take care of everyone else that you forget to take care of yourself. But I'm a much better wife and mother when I take the time to take care of myself. Mia Hamm
I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I'd trip her up. Leo Durocher
My biological mother made my clothes or bought my clothes from Salvation Army or Goodwill. Tonya Harding
My daughter's mother and I are no longer dating, and the people I'm most likely to date are those around me, who are athletes. Tyson Gay
No mother wants to hear her son say he's gay. Those two words rip the picture of a daughter-in-law and grandchildren into pieces. I felt sorry for my mom and wanted her to know everything was going to be all right. But then she said, 'I don't really care, Johnny, as long as I know that you are going to be happy.' Johnny Weir
People talk about retiring. I never said that r-word. People though I went away after the Olympic Games. I took time off to do something I've always wanted to be - a mother. Gail Devers
When you look at guys who get recruited, most of the best athletes, they come from poor families. I don't forget. I was a junior looking through my mother's stuff and looked at her bank statement, and we had $30 in the bank. Eric Dickerson
A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child had just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium. Mary Kay Blakely
A people's relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother. John Henrik Clarke
An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children. Benjamin Disraeli
At 9 years old, I moved in with my father because my mother could no longer care for me. Looking back, I now see so many similarities between my own childhood and that of my sons. My father stepped in when I needed him, and that gave me the chance for a better life. That's what I'm doing for my boys now.Dwyane Wade
Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one. Margaret Atwood
Because my parents, growing up, they worked hard. Everyone in my family woke up early in the morning. I used to see my mother and my father go off to work, and come back and, no matter what, they had time for the kids. Herschel Walker
Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever done. Katey Sagal
But after a few minutes of convincing myself that I really wanted to go - telling myself that I love skating and that my coach is there waiting for me - I would get up and go. And my mother would always get up and eat breakfast with me! Nancy Kerrigan