Since I was very small, I always said to my mother, 'I…

We're all determined to do whatever it takes to honour the national team jersey.

— Essam El Hadary

I wanted to see who this Yeats person was, and I said to my mother, 'I want a book by this person.' And she…

— Patti Smith

The FUTURE of this world has long been DECLARED; the final outcome between GOOD and evil is already KNOWN. There is absolutely no question…

— Jeffrey R. Holland

Getting the opportunity to play in your national team jersey and playing the World Cup at home is something wonderful.

— Hulk

Every time I step on a court wearing the national team jersey, I get goosebumps. It was always like that and I hope it…

— Jonas Valanciunas

I was named first-team Jersey Shore by the Asbury Park Press, the paper I used to deliver as a young boy. I got to…

— Jim Nantz

You know, my mom, who inspired me to be a novelist, I remember her reading 'The Agony and the Ecstasy,' about Michelangelo, and saying,…

— Scott Turow

My father would go to work and try to survive every day just to get home to my mother so they could be at…

— Johnathon Schaech

The great challenge for me is to be all things to all people; I want to be a great mother, and I want to…

— Sarah Jessica Parker

My mother, I want her to like my music, but she's not exactly my target audience. So I care more about the fans in…

— John Legend

“I definitely haven’t been in the best place while working on this book, but I can say this much: Where there is pain in…

— N.K. Jemisin

When you have a different mother, you want to be in her world. Because in mine, I didn't feel like I fit in.

— Patty Smyth

I've seen my own kids go through their own ups and downs, and as a mother, you want to make it better.

— JoBeth Williams

When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor; they had never even heard of law…

— Amy Chua

Even losing my mother, I wanted my mother. That's who you want instinctually when you're having a hard time.

— Tig Notaro