“On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.” RealitySchoolHavensDadHigh SchoolPerformancesMy DadJuniorsBack To Reality Author:Candace Parker
“My dad told me when I went into high school, 'It's not what you do when you walk in the door that matters. It's what you do when you walk out.' That's when you've made a lasting impression.” MadeMatterSchoolWalksDoorsDadHigh SchoolMy DadImpressionLastingLasting Impressions Author:Jim Thome
“My dad didn't graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year. My mom sold real estate and did it part time.” YearsMadeRealSchoolMomDadHigh SchoolMy DadMy MomGraduatesEstatesPrintingSalesmanPart TimeGraduating High School Author:Al Franken
“My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman. We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren't rich - but we felt secure.” TwoSchoolHouseFeltRichDadHigh SchoolMy DadSecureParksBedroomBathsPrintingSalesmanMinnesota Author:Al Franken
“My parents didn't make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate - he didn't have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.” SchoolParentCareersDadHigh SchoolMy DadGraduatesLots Of MoneyPrintingSalesmanWorking LifeGraduating High School Author:Al Franken
“One day when I was like 9, I heard the Beatles on the radio, and I asked my dad who they were. He told me they were the best band in the world, and I became obsessed. He started giving me their albums in sequential order, and I listened to them - and only them - until I was probably in high school.” WorldGivingSchoolOrderHeardDadOne DayBandHigh SchoolMy DadRadioAlbumsObsessed Author:Lukas Haas
“I grew up in Arkansas and that's the law. My dad was a high school basketball coach, so I was raised as a coach's son and I was a baseball player back in Arkansas, and I lived in Texas, too, so I was just surrounded by sports. So that's what I was going to do: Pitch for the St Louis Cardinals. I had no idea I was going to be an actor. So I got my collar bone broken in the Kansas City Royals training camp. And once I got hurt I started doing other things for a while.” IdeasSchoolLawActorsSportsHurtCitiesPlayerSonBrokenGrewDadBasketballGrew UpTrainingHigh SchoolBaseballRaisedMy DadBonesCoachesNo IdeaTexasCampsRoyalCollarsCardinalsBaseball PlayerKansasBasketball CoachArkansasKansas CityGot HurtTraining Camp Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“You always give credit where credit is due - to high school coaches, college coaches - but my dad, the foundation that he built with me, is where all of this came from. The speed, the determination, the mindset, just the natural belief that you can do anything you put your mind to, it all comes from my dad.” GivingMindSchoolBeliefCan DoNaturalCollegeDadHigh SchoolBuiltDeterminationFoundationMy DadCreditMindsetDuesSpeedCoaches Author:Robert Griffin III
“My childhood was epitomized by my parents who were uneducated but had a doctorate in love. My dad pressed coats and through my mom and dad I learned about love, family and respecting people. They never went to high school but they had within them every element that makes a great American. They had pride and a great work ethic and they knew how to do things the right way.” PeopleWaySchoolParentChildhoodPrideMomDadElementsEthicsHigh SchoolMy DadMy MomCoatsRight WayWork EthicGreat WorkFamily LoveGreat AmericanMom And DadUneducatedDoctoratesLove My DadGreat Work Ethic Author:Dick Vitale
“I was born and raised in Pawnee City, Nebraska. I lived right next to the sale barn and I raised pigs. My dad was a guidance counselor at Wymore High School. He was also a preacher and did farming as well. We leased out our crop land but had cattle and horses.” WellsSchoolNextBornCitiesLandDadHigh SchoolHorseRaisedMy DadGuidancePreacherPigsFarmingCropsCattleCounselorBarnsBorn And RaisedNebraskaGuidance Counselor Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“My brother and I were born in an Irish county called Tipperary. We were both very math- and science-inclined in high school. My dad trained as an electrical engineer, and my mom is in microbiology.” SchoolBornBrotherMomDadHigh SchoolMy DadMy MomMathMy BrotherEngineersCountyElectricalMath And ScienceMicrobiology Author:John Collison
“I actually wanted to be a police officer like my dad for the longest time, up until my sophomore year in high school when I started doing plays. I did plays when I was little, but in high school, I started getting into acting.” YearsLittlesPlayWantedSchoolActingDadHigh SchoolPoliceMy DadOfficersPolice OfficerSophomoreSophomore Year Author:Chad Lindberg
“Back in high school I told my dad, "I'm going to have a computer someday." And he said that it cost as much as a house-the downpayment on a house. And I said, "Well, I'll live in an apartment."” WellsSaidSchoolHouseDadCostComputerHigh SchoolMy DadSomedayApartment Author:Steve Wozniak
“My parents moved to American Samoa when I was three or four years old. My dad was principal of a high school there. It was idyllic for a kid. I had a whole island for a backyard. I lived there until I was eight years old and we moved to Santa Barbara.” YearsWholeKidsSchoolThreeParentFourDadHigh SchoolMovedMy DadEightIslandsFour YearsPrincipalSantaBackyardsBarbaraIdyllicSanta BarbaraSamoa Author:Eric Stoltz
“But at the same time, my parents always encouraged my brother and me to be happy with what we were doing. My parents were athletes in high school; my mom and my dad were the stars of the basketball team, but they never pushed my brother and me to be anything we didn't want to be.” WantSchoolStarsParentTeamBrotherMomDadBasketballHigh SchoolMy DadAthleteMy MomMy BrotherBasketball Team Author:Jonathan Groff
“My dad taught me to play the guitar. We grew up with country music. We had every Willie Nelson record (laughs). I was saved at a young age and had a great desire to follow God. I was really focused on that through my whole life, even as a kid and through high school.” CountryPlayWholeKidsAgeSchoolYoungDesireLaughingRecordsTaughtGrewDadGrew UpHigh SchoolGuitarMy DadFocusedSavedWhole LifeYoung AgeNelson Author:Chris Tomlin
“When I was 18 years old, I went on the road with my dad after I graduated from high school. And we were riding on the tour bus one day, kind of rolling through the South, and he mentioned a song. We started talking about songs, and he mentioned one, and I said I don't know that one. And he mentioned another. I said I don't know that one either, Dad, and he became very alarmed that I didn't know what he considered my own musical genealogy.” KnowsYearsKindSaidSchoolSongMy OwnTalkingDadOne DayHigh SchoolSouthMusicalMy DadBusRidingRollingGenealogy Author:Rosanne Cash
“All three of my parents - I also had a stepmother - were teachers, and my dad taught high school, and as he always reminded me when I was going to spend some money on something, 'Your mother and I, in the Depression, had to decide whether to spend a dime on a loaf of bread or if we could go to a movie with it.'” IfsSchoolMotherThreeParentTeacherTaughtDadHigh SchoolMy DadBreadDimesStepmothers Author:Dick Cavett
“Although my Dad was a talented calligrapher and both of my younger brothers were successful, I was the first one in my family to graduate from high school.” FirstsSchoolSuccessfulBrotherDadHigh SchoolMy FamilyMy DadGraduatesYounger BrotherGraduating High School Author:Betty Dodson
“So yeah, when I was a kid, when I was 16, 17, I'd come home from high school, and my dad collected all of Barbra Streisand's records. And she was very young then. I think she probably had three records out, and she was 21, and we had them all. And I knew every single song, every breath, every elision, every swell. And I sang along to it.” ThinkingHomeKidsSchoolYoungSongThreeRecordsDadHigh SchoolBreathsYeahMy DadComing HomeStreisand Author:Meryl Streep
“I had an Indian Scout motorcycle during high school, but I never could take it to school. My dad would sneak out at night and pull the spark-plug wires.” SchoolNightDadHigh SchoolMy DadIndianSparksWireMotorcycleSneakPlugs Author:Burt Reynolds
“I grew up in a family of educators - my dad was a professor, my mom was a high school grammar and French teacher - so certainly my entire life education was stressed as incredibly important. And I think especially for my parents, who are both immigrants, and when immigrants come to this country, they understand that education is something that no one can take from them. You might leave the country with absolutely nothing, but no one can take your education from you.” ThinkingImportantCountrySchoolParentTeacherMomDadHigh SchoolMy DadMy MomStressedEducator Author:Soledad O'Brien
“My mom is Jamaican and Chinese, and my dad is Polish and African American, so I'm pretty mixed. My nickname in high school was United Nations. I was fine with it, even though I identify as a black woman. People don't realize it hurts my feelings when someone looks at my hair or my eyes, and says, "But you're not actually black. You're black, but you're not black black, because your eyes are green." I'm like, "What? No, no, I'm definitely black." Even some of my closest friends have said that. It's been a bit touchy for me.” PeopleFeelingsEyeSchoolBlackRealizingHurtMomDadHigh SchoolMy DadMy MomAfrican AmericanChineseIt HurtsBlack WomenUnited Nations Author:Ayesha Curry
“My dad took me to a high school basketball game and this very, very famous coach in Michigan, by the name of Lofton Greene - he was a guy that my dad was familiar with. He was from our hometown. And I watched the game and I said I didn't see this guy doing a lot of coaching. And my dad told me, well, it's just like a teacher - which he was - he said if you do a good job teaching during the week, when they take the test on Friday, that's not the time you have to do a lot of demonstrative things.” SchoolGuyTeacherWeekTeachingDadBasketballHigh SchoolMy DadCoachesFamiliarCoachingGood JobFridayHometownVery Famous Author:Tony Dungy
“My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, 'You can become an Olympic champion.' And that's the first time that I'd heard someone else say that to me. I was like, 'Uh, are you talking to me?'” YearsFirstsSchoolTalkingHeardCollegeDadHigh SchoolFirst TimeMy DadChampionSeniorSenior Year Author:Ryan Lochte
“I was an educated girl. I'd done very well in school. I had a good point average and graduated from USC as an English teacher. My dad didn't even finish high school.” WellsDoneSchoolGirlTeacherDadHigh SchoolMy DadAverageEducatedEnglish TeacherUsc Author:Marlo Thomas