Direct Quote by Florence Griffith Joyner

Both me and my parents wanted me to lead a normal life, work in a normal '10 to 5' job and put my education…

— Soha Ali Khan

I grew up in the ghetto, and the thing is when there were problems, I knew when to get away.

— Michael Pena

As you know, I'm a black girl out of the projects of New York City, raised in a single parent home because my parents…

— Kelly Price

I quit my job in the bank when I was 19. I took a chance. I went to Milan to study opera and singing.…

— Marcello Giordani

I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus…

— Claire Danes

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.

— Jimmy Dean

What motivated me? My mother. My mother was an immigrant woman, a peasant woman, struggled all her life, worked in the garment center.

— Al Lewis

What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best - which I believed then and…

— Debbi Fields

I wanted to make a comfortable living and raise a family, and that's what I did.

— W. Earl Brown

Having grown up in a Black neighborhood, gone to a segregated Black public school that was overcrowded and underfunded, watched my neighbors be displaced…

— Maya Wiley

I had the wonderful benefit of growing up with parents that not only encouraged me to follow my dreams, but supported my aspirations through…

— Jason Graves

My parents were passionate about what they did, very cheap, and very focused on doing good in society.

— Anne Wojcicki