Bonus Quote by Manny Ramirez

My mom had always wanted me to better myself. I wanted to better myself because of her. Now when the strikes started, I told…

— Roberto Acuna

My mom is always with me. When I made my major-league debut I told her, 'That's it. You don't work anymore. I'm going to…

— Melky Cabrera

I was supposed to be a mother like my mother, who didn't work.

— Sonia Rykiel

“Your career is your own responsibility. Your employer is not your mother.”

— Jurgen Appelo

My mom would tell me, 'You speak your mind and you say what you have to say. Don't back down and don't let anybody…

— Julianna Pena

She told me, 'I didn't raise no quitter.' That coming from your mom, that's powerful words. That's all I needed to hear. That just…

— Dion Waiters

I looked at my mom and her life, and I thought, 'I don't want that.' I don't think my mom wanted it, either. I…

— Jane Lynch

My mother gave up a good part of her career to look after me.

— David Cassidy

Hen I told my mother the extremes I went to in order to make a living, she just shook her head and said, 'Now…

— James St James

My mother asks me 'you really have to fight?' And I say that's my job, mom.

— Mauricio Rua

My wife came into my life, and my mother still wanted to be the boss.

— Don Rickles

I said [to my mom], "I want to go to the parachute regiment." She said, "Whew, that's tough. But okay, I understand."

— Scott Raab