“If your dad died before you were born, yeah, it hurts — but it’s not like you had a connection with something that was real. Not to say it’s any better — but to have that connection and then have it ripped away was, like, the worst. My dad was such a good dad that when he left, he left a huge scar. He was my superhero.” IfsRealLeftBornHurtWorstHugeLike YouDadConnectionsDiedYeahMy DadScarIt HurtsSuperheroRippedYour DadDad DiedGood Dad Author:Jay-Z
“My daughter had carried within her a story that kept hurting her: Her dad abandoned her. She started telling herself a new story. Her dad had done the best he could. He wasn't capable of giving more. It had nothing to do with her. She could no longer take it personally.” GivingDoneStoriesHurtDadCapableDaughterMy DaughterAbandoned Author:Regina Brett
“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
“One day my dad said, "If you guys ever stop singing, I'll drop you like a hot potato." That's what he said. It hurt me. You don't say that to children and I never forgot it.” IfsChildrenSaidGuyHurtDadOne DaySingingHotMy DadIt HurtsPotatoesHurt Me Author:Michael Jackson
“My dad played for a coal-mining team in eastern Ohio; he was a very good pitcher. If he hadn't hurt his arm, he probably would have got a shot somewhere. He hurt his arm one spring, didn't warm up good enough, couldn't throw a fastball anymore. Another coal miner taught him how to throw the knuckleball.” IfsEnoughHurtTeamTaughtArmsDadSpringShotsMy DadVery GoodWarmGood EnoughCoalEasternPitcherOhioMiningMinersFastballsCoal MinersCoal MiningKnuckleballs Author:Phil Niekro
“I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, all those great records. So I begged my mom and dad for a guitar, which eventually they did get me for Christmas, but it went out of tune very quickly, and it hurt my fingers.” LittlesHurtRecordsRocksMomDadBillsFingersGuitarMy MomFatsTunesIt HurtsRock And RollBuddyMom And DadHolliesHaleyFats Domino Author:Ian McLagan
“Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.” FeelsFatherHurtSuccessfulDadMy DadBoyfriendBeing A Father Author:William Hurt
“Men who as boys felt neglected by their dads often remain distant from their children. The sins of fathers are passed on to children, often through the dynamic of self-protection. It hurts to be neglected, and it creates questions about our value to others. So to avoid feeling the sting of further rejection, we refuse to give that part of ourselves we fear might once again be received with indifference.” MenGivingChildrenSelfFeelingsMightValuesFatherFeltHurtSinBoysDadRefuseProtectionIndifferenceRejectionIt HurtsNeglectedSelf ProtectionSins Of The Father Book:Inside Out Source: Inside Out
“My dad had even hired an accompanist to play for me on a piano. But he had never pushed me to music because I don't think he wanted me to be hurt as much as he was if it didn't work.” IfsThinkingPlayWantedHurtDadMusic IsMy DadPianoAccompanists Author:Kim Basinger
“My dad don't like lies. He says it hurts people in the long race. He prefers the truth. That hurts them instantly.” PeopleLongTruthLyingHurtRaceDadMy DadIt Hurts Author:Christopher Titus
“Denial is a powerful weapon. My dad taught me mind over matter. No matter how hurt I got, he didn't mind.” MindMatterHurtPowerfulTaughtDadWeaponsMy DadDenialPowerful Weapons Author:Christopher Titus
“If I just do everything the opposite of what my dad did, I think that will make things pretty easy. I can joke about it now because I'm past that stage where it used to hurt. By having a kid, it's gone. I could take all that negative energy that I had and put it in a positive way.” IfsThinkingWayI CanKidsPastUsedEnergyEasyHurtGoneStageDadJokesNegativeOppositesMy DadNegative Energy Author:Derrick Rose
“My own father held down two jobs, barely affording the little rented house I grew up in. My dad worked hard, lifted heavy things, and got his hands dirty. The only soap we had at my house was Lava. Heck, I was in college before I found out it wasn't supposed to hurt to take a shower.” LittlesTwoHardHandsJobsFoundFatherHouseHurtMy OwnCollegeGrewDadGrew UpMy DadHeavyDirtyShowersSoapLavaTwo JobsAffordingHeavy Things Author:Mike Huckabee
“If you're making yourself vulnerable in your writing, then they know where to hurt you, which is extra fun. I had to develop coping mechanisms on the fly, and slowly it got better, to the point where now I barely notice. I'm like an old, gnarly turtle now. The interaction with the troll who impersonated my dad made me start to understand who these people are, and I figured out, in a really profound way, that happy people don't do this. It's hard to feel afraid of someone when you pity them.” PeopleWritingFunHurtDadProfoundMy DadPityVulnerableExtrasCopingHappy PeopleTroll Author:Lindy West