“When I joined an all-boys baseball team, my mom wasn't too happy. I proved to her (and to me) that I could do anything I set my mind to.” MindBoysTeamMomBaseballMy MomBaseball Team Author:Mo'ne Davis
“Stay away from drugs and alcohol. Listen to your moms and dads. In this great country of ours you do whatever you set your mind to. Make us proud of you.” MindCountryMomProudDadDrugBaseballAlcoholYour MomDrugs And AlcoholMom And DadGreat CountryProud Of You Author:Mickey Mantle
“Only one party sticks out in my mind as a kid. It was the best party ever. I was 5 years old, and my mom dressed me up in a church dress and stockings to go to the party and park.” YearsMindKidsChurchPartyMomDressesSticksMy MomParksStockingsBest Party Author:Rihanna
“My ideal city is more like the city (New York and Paris come to mind, but it sort of applies to all) that existed up to and including the 1930s, when different classes lived all together in the same neighborhoods, and most businesses of any sort were mom-and-pop, and people and things had a local identity.” PeopleMindDifferentTogetherCitiesClassNew YorkIdentityMomIdealsIncludingPopsLocalsParisNeighborhood1930s Author:Luc Sante
“Growing up in New Orleans, my mom and dad were churchgoers. I would go to church with them. Also, I was going to a Catholic school so I had a fascination with the Catholic Church mainly because, in my mind, (their services) didn't take as long. I was bouncing in between my mom's Baptist church, which was called Second Zion Baptist, and going to a Catholic Church.” MindLongSchoolChurchGrowing UpGrowingMomDadCatholicMy MomNew OrleansFascinationCatholic ChurchBaptistsMom And DadCatholic SchoolZion Author:Avery Johnson
“God brought me to Himself at about the age of 4. My parents were devout believers and my Dad was in Bible College at the time. I remember hearing the gospel in Sunday School and I talked to my Mom about it one night before bed. It was clear to me that I was a sinner and I was not going to heaven if I died without accepting Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross for me. I was brought to Christ out of fear of going to hell. I didn't want to go there if I died and there was only one other choice in my mind as a 4 year old. I wanted to go to heaven. It was and is that simple.” IfsWantYearsMindAgeWantedSchoolRememberNightChoicesJesusHeavenParentChristSimpleAcceptingHellClearCollegeMomDadBedJesus ChristCrossesDiedMy DadMy MomHearingBelieverSinnerSundayOne NightSunday SchoolGoing To Heaven Author:Ben Zobrist
“I think boxers are the greatest athletes in all sports for the simple fact that they don't cry. That is mind-blowing. Have you ever been punched in the nose? Oh my gosh, it hurts so bad. They have to go back to corner, where some little man yells at them. 'Shut up, I just got punched in the face!'... If I was a boxer, do you know who I would hire as my corner man? My mom.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenMindLittlesFactsFacesSportsHurtSimpleCryMomAthleteCornersMy MomNosesDo You KnowShut UpIt HurtsBoxersMind BlowingLittle ManGreatest AthleteOh My Gosh Author:Daniel Tosh
“I get asked that a lot and I always go back to my mom's, 'No one has the right to beat you.' I take that to every venue that I'm in. She would say, 'Someone has to be the best in the world, why not you?' I always try to keep that in mind.” WorldTryingMindMomBeatsMy MomBeing The BestWhy NotVenues Author:Ronda Rousey
“I'm preparing to be a mother one day and I really wanted to get inside the mind of a mom.” MindWantedMotherMomOne DayPreparing Author:LeToya Luckett
“Memories were in my mind during nearly all the concerts I've done, and I realized the deep connection to my childhood, when I went out in the morning and the only thing my mom said was, "Come back before dark." What trust and what freedom!” MindSaidDoneMemoriesDarkMorningChildhoodMomConnectionsMy MomI RealizedConcertsDeep Connections Author:Volker Bertelmann
“My mom did a really good job teaching me about sunscreen. She's savvy when it comes to all things moisturizing and wrinkle-preventing. Even early on as a kid, I thought to myself, Why do I need to do this? I don't have wrinkles. I'm a child. But my mom was in the preventative mind-set and that helped me.” NeedsMindChildrenKidsJobsTeachingMomAll ThingsMy MomGood JobWrinklesPreventingMind SetSavvySunscreen Author:Brittany Snow
“I remember being young and people passing me things under the bathroom to sign, like under the stall. Like adults. We were shooting at Disney World, and my mom went with me to the bathroom, and an adult woman came in and under the stall was like, "Can you sign this?" And I remember my mom being like, "Have you lost your mind? What is wrong with you? You don't do that! She is a child and you don't do that to anyone!" Who thinks that is a good idea? Someone.” PeopleThinkingWorldMindChildrenIdeasRememberYoungLostMomAdultsMy MomPassingPassingsShootingGood IdeasBathroomLost Your Mind Author:Jodi Sweetin
“My moms is strictly Christian but once I got knowledge of self and started reading she used to love when I would sit there and tell her some of the things that I learned. It gave her an open mind to where she started believing in the most high.” MindBelieveSelfChristianUsedReadingMomMy MomSelf KnowledgeOpen MindUsed To Love Author:Rakim
“I really made the cartoon Life with Louie with one reason in mind: I didn't have a very good relationship with my dad, and we didn't all watch TV together like we should've, like you hope for, like you've seen on TV, and I wanted to make it for moms and dads and their kids. That was always my goal. And then I wanted to put real things in it. We did a thing about the homeless and won a Humanitas award for that.” MindRealReasonKidsTogetherGoalLike YouMomDadMy DadVery GoodHomelessCartoonMom And DadGood Relationship Author:Louie Anderson
“I've figured out the secret. Your mind is your power; you have to work with your mind and work with your own thoughts about your own life. If you spend so much time thinking, "This industry is male-dominated. It's sexist. It's this. It's that," then that's what the picture will always be. I remember when I was coming up, I didn't have those thoughts. My mom told me I could be whatever I wanted to be and I could be as bright of a star as I was meant to be. So, that's where I put all of my focus and my thought...into what I could do. And I carry that with me now.” ThinkingMindRememberSecretFocusMomMy MomMeant To BeMy ThoughtsRemember WhenSexist Author:Brandy Norwood
“Trying to understand the fear I had of truly opening my heart - first, you have to be whole to do that. The fears, the voices in my mind saying, "Oh, you don't want to do that, you might get hurt, they might abandon you - "those are ghost voices from my mom and dad.” TryingMindHeartHurtMomDadMy HeartMy MomGhostAbandonMom And Dad Author:Jane Fonda
“I had a mom and a pop who kept telling me that I was wonderful at a very early age. So when someone said to me, "Oh, you're stuck up. Who do you think you are?" I'd say, "I know who I am, and I don't mind being stuck up".” ThinkingMindAgeWonderfulMomStuckStuck Up Author:Diahann Carroll