“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
“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
“Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.” FeelsFatherHurtSuccessfulDadMy DadBoyfriendBeing A Father Author:William Hurt
“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