“My dream was to become a rec league coach. I love basketball so much, I love playing it, I just never thought I'd make it to college, NBA, or be standing up here today. It is a surreal feeling. So many people doubted me and motivated me. I failed so many times and got back up. I got through the toughest times with my family, but I'm still standing.” PeopleInspirationalStillsFeelingsDreamTodayCollegeBasketballStandingMy FamilyCoachesLeagueNbaMotivatedSurrealDoubtedMvpLove And BasketballI Love Basketball Author:Kevin Durant
“I am two different people. What you see on the court is just natural for me. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I have always said 'C'mon' purely to fire myself up. Off the court, I am a lot shyer. I stick to my team and my family and people I trust.” PeopleHeartSaidTwoDifferentNaturalFireTeamMy HeartMy FamilyCourtSticksDifferent PeoplesSleevesHeart On My Sleeve Author:Lleyton Hewitt
“In my family and among Korean-Americans, there just is no occasion that people would get together without bibimbap. It's something that people eat when they're wanting to celebrate or have a good time with friends.” PeopleTogetherMy FamilyCelebrateOccasionsGood TimesHaving A Good TimeKoreanGet TogetherTimes With Friends Author:Linda Sue Park
“I wont ever put myself in a bad position so that people can say bad things about me. I make smart decisions, and my friends and my family, they are all there for the right reason.” PeopleReasonDecisionPositionSmartMy FriendsMy FamilyBad ThingsSmart Decisions Author:Derrick Rose
“Everyone has the same kind of fears; everyone has the same big problems in the world, which is, like, fear of death and I hope horrible things dont happen to my family, but they do. And I think people laugh at them as this great release.” PeopleThinkingWorldKindProblemBigsHappensLaughingMy FamilyHorribleReleaseFear Of DeathBig ProblemsHorrible Things Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I've never wanted to spare myself because I feel there are people who are no longer around and died for this struggle. What right do I have to hold back, to rest, to preserve my health, to have time with my family, when there are other people who are no longer alive - when they sacrificed what is precious: namely life itself.” PeopleFeelsWantedStruggleAliveMy FamilyDiedPreservesSpares Author:Chris Hani
“I do know people and there are people in my family who have had Alzheimer's and dementia, and I appreciate the importance of communication and having contact with them. Communicating is an interesting thing with a condition like that. Sometimes it's difficult to communicate. If the brain becomes atrophied or certain channels of the brain become atrophied, then contact is what becomes really important.” PeopleIfsKnowsImportantSometimesCertainDifficultInterestingBrainConditionsCommunicationAppreciateMy FamilyImportanceCommunicateContactInteresting ThingsDementiaAlzheimerAlzheimer's Author:Elliott Gould
“Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.” PeopleRootsMy FamilySymbolicSaga Author:Alex Haley
“I can't speak for the other people whose children have died, but I can speak for my family and the other members of Gold Star Families for Peace. We believe we're honoring our children by working for peace.” PeopleBelieveChildrenI CanSpeakStarsMembersMy FamilyGoldDiedOur Children Author:Cindy Sheehan
“I was born in Georgia. That's where my grandparents-and all my people-are from. But my family traveled a great deal because my dad was in the army as a helicopter pilot.” PeopleBornDealsDadMy FamilyArmyMy DadPilotsTraveledGrandparentGeorgiaHelicopters Author:Michael Stipe
“Growing up as a black kid with a white father who loves you, who affirms you, who was part of your life is fundamentally different than what black people in my family were subjected to in the 19th century or the 18th century. But unfortunately, it doesn't change the old racial order. I think we need to let the old racial order just stay where it is and not seek to improve upon it. Not try to create more racial categories, because all that does is it makes a race stick around longer.” PeopleThinkingNeedsTryingDoeDifferentKidsLife IsOrderFatherBlackWhiteRaceGrowing UpGrowingCenturyLove YouMy FamilySticksCategoriesBlack People19th Century18th Century Author:Benjamin Jealous
“If I put my mind to it, and I put the work in, I have no doubt I could do it (pitch 4-5 additional years), but I made a promise to the people who've supported me for so many years. It's time to give back to my family.” PeopleIfsGivingYearsMindMadeDoubtPromiseMy FamilyNo DoubtGiving Back Author:Roger Clemens
“I'm getting less good at faking it. People in my family are noticing and asking what's wrong. My friends give me invitations to talk, to cry. I love them for their caring, but I want to run from it. I have lost their language, their facility with words that convey feelings. I am in new territory and feel like a foreigner in theirs.” PeopleWantGivingFeelsFeelingsRunningLostLanguageCryDepressionMy FriendsMy FamilyGive MeAskingIllnessCaringMental IllnessTerritoryInvitationsFacilityForeignersNoticingFaking ItNew Territory Author:Martha Manning
“God gives me unconditional love. I'm going to give it to my family and my friends and the people around me.” PeopleGivingMy FriendsMy FamilyGive MeUnconditional LoveUnconditional Author:John Kasich
“One reason why I started fighting was because of my family, and with that, you gotta pay the bills, but I enjoy beating people up in the first place, you know, so it plays hand in hand. Beating up, and getting money!” PeopleFirstsReasonPlayHandsFightingEnjoyPayMy FamilyBillsReason WhyHand In HandGet Money Author:Houston Alexander
“When somebody meets me in the street, they say, 'Hello, how you doing?' And I say the same back. It's just two minutes of your time and it's alright. I don't like people taking liberties when I'm with my family, but mostly people are really polite and that's lovely.” PeopleTwoLibertyStreetsMinutesMy FamilyLovelyPoliteHelloAlright Author:Ray Winstone
“I've kept the people who've been in my career who I feel are my family. Kathy [Kennedy] had been with me since 1978. Janusz Kaminsky, my cinematographer, has made every movie with me since Schindler's List. Michael Kahn has cut every movie I've directed since 1976 when we made Close Encounters together. Rick Carter has done more than 15 of my directed films as a production designer.” PeopleFeelsMadeDoneTogetherFilmCareersCuttingMy FamilyProductionsListsDesignerEncountersCarterCinematographersSchindlerSchindler's ListClose Encounters Author:Steven Spielberg
“Whenever I write about my family, I start by getting my parent`s approval. I like to think I write about them with obvious affection. When it comes to the people I'm related to, I consider myself to be very lucky.” PeopleThinkingWritingParentLuckyMy FamilyAffectionObviousRelatedApproval Author:David Sedaris
“In a mad moment, my family and I purchased a home in Maine because it's the place in the world that my wife loves better than any other place or any other human, and so I have committed my life and what had once been my economic security that has now returned to insecurity, to a patch of painful, rocky land on the shores of horrible, cold waters to a place where people go in the summer to experience autumn because leaves start falling on August 1.” PeopleWorldHumansMomentsHomeFallWaterLove IsWifeEconomicLandSecurityColdSummerMy FamilyMadPainfulCommittedMy WifeHorribleInsecurityAutumnShorePatchesAugustPlaces In The WorldMaineCold WaterEconomic SecurityWives Love Author:John Hodgman
“As a comedian, especially one that works as much as I do, there is a lot of sacrifice. People don't see that I'm away from my family 46 weeks out of the year. I miss all the birthdays and anniversaries and holidays.” PeopleYearsSacrificeWeekMissingMy FamilyComedianHoliday Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“People that don't know me think that basketball is my life 24/7. Trust me, there is much more to my life. My number one priority in my life is my family.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLife IsNumbersBasketballMy FamilyPrioritiesKnow MeTrust MeBasketball Is My Life Author:Dick Vitale
“My first signing was at my hometown independent bookstore and everyone in the world came. It was so nice. My family was there, my parents, everybody I worked with, all my friends. So I had this great first reading with a like hundred people there.” PeopleWorldFirstsReadingParentNiceHundredMy FriendsMy FamilyIndependentBookstoresSigningHometownIndependent Bookstores Author:Sarah Dessen
“I would like to continue to make art by being able to do what I love and have that make it possible for me to support my family. I'd like to make people happy, show people a good time, and hopefully inspire some people.” PeopleArtShowsAbleSupportInspireMy FamilyHopefullyGood TimesMaking People Happy Author:Gerard Way
“Whenever people ask me how I manage to get through this whole crazy time of being incredibly famous and sort of an icon and supposedly a role model and all of this insanity, I always cite my family and then books. I don't know what I would have done without books.” PeopleKnowsBookDoneWholeAsksRolesCrazyModelsMy FamilyManageAsk MeInsanityRole ModelsIconsCitingCrazy Times Author:Molly Ringwald
“People planted seeds into me. Older cats gave me the game. My family, especially my mother, gave me the game and I pass it on. That's what it's about. If somebody gives you mental jewelry and you wear it for so long, you want to give it to somebody else for them pass it on.” PeopleIfsWantGivingLongMotherGamesCatMy FamilySeedsJewelry Author:Jay Rock
“My legacy is in my family, not in my work. For me. I don't know about for other people. I try to forget a lot.” PeopleKnowsTryingForgetMy FamilyLegacy Author:Meshell Ndegeocello
“My motivation has to do with what happened to my family. I want to help young people make important decisions at the most important time in their life. If I didn't do this, it would be like my kids died in vain. I want to help them make the right decisions.” PeopleIfsWantImportantHelpingWould BeKidsYoungMotivationDecisionHappenedMy FamilyDiedVainRight DecisionImportant DecisionsMake The Right Decision Author:George Chuvalo
“Of course I believe that I am very approachable, I am friendly, I care about my family, I care about my community, people believe that I am a strong and determined leader.” PeopleBelieveCareCoursesStrongI BelieveCommunityLeaderMy FamilyDeterminedFriendlyI Care Author:Matthew Coon Come
“I love the company of people. I always have and always will, it comes with my family. But earlier in life I might have got a little nervous if I was alone for a day or two in a row. I might think, "Where are they?" Now, I just go on doing naturally what I do.” PeopleIfsThinkingLittlesTwoMightCompanyGoes OnMy FamilyNervous Author:Jack Nicholson
“Politics is not a profession, it is a service. I want to keep working more for the Nation not because of the designation, but because people of India are my family.” PeopleWantNationsMy FamilyIndiaProfessionGovernanceDesignation Author:Narendra Modi
“I'm not a showbiz person. I just enjoy talking nonsense on the radio. I'm not bothered about going to clubs or the paparazzi, I genuinely prefer my neighbours. Spending time with my family and watching Coronation Street are what I love best. People are just people, aren't they?” PeoplePersonsEnjoyLove IsTalkingStreetsMy FamilyRadioClubsSpendingNonsenseNeighbourBotheredSpending TimePaparazziShowbizCoronationNot BotheredTalking Nonsense Author:Tony Blackburn
“My principal motivation is supporting my family, which is not a bad reason for getting up in the morning. That's always been my motivation - to take care of the people who rely on me.” PeopleReasonCareMotivationMorningMy FamilyTake CareRelyPrincipal Author:Tony Parsons
“Money means I can support my family and still do what I love. Not very many people can say that in this world, and not many writers can say that.” PeopleWorldMeanStillsI CanSupportThis WorldMy Family Author:Stephen King
“My family is just embarrassingly proud of me. My brothers get a little protective... overly protective. I've made rules now where I say: "You can't go outside and scream at people if they have cameras!"” PeopleIfsLittlesMadeBrotherProudMy FamilyCamerasMy BrotherScreamProtectiveProud Of Me Author:Kristen Stewart
“Most people go to college to get a job, and here I am sitting in class with a job, making exponentially more than whoever's teaching me, you know what I'm saying? At the end of the day, I wanted to finish what I started, and make my mom proud. A lot of people put a lot of hard work and investment to allow me to go to school, and for me not to finish would have been like a slap in the face to my family and those people.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensEndsHardWantedSchoolJobsFacesClassTeachingCollegeHard WorkMomProudSittingMy FamilyInvestmentMy MomThe End Of The DaySlapHere I AmSlap In The Face Author:Mike Posner
“What used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn't know how I was going to pay the rent. Now that I can pay the rent, I'm worrying about people I care about, you know, the people I love. The little aches and pains of my children that I, my family. That's always first.” PeopleKnowsFirstsChildrenLittlesI CanFactsCarePainUsedNightPayWorryKnow HowMy FamilyMy ChildrenI CareAcheAches And Pains Author:Paul Auster
“My problems seemed so glamorous to other people, and everyone just thought I was so lucky. But then, I was lucky because my family was really there for me. I think I just felt like I really wanted to hold on to who I was as a person, and try to have as much of a normal life as I could.” PeopleThinkingTryingPersonsProblemWantedFeltLuckyNormalMy FamilyGlamorousNormal LifeSo Lucky Author:Winona Ryder
“I felt [It Runs in the Family] it was a picture that, after I'm gone, my family would like to see it. It was a wonderful mixture of people in my family.” PeopleRunningFeltGoneWonderfulMy FamilyMixtures Author:Kirk Douglas
“And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don't think anyone in my family would really feel I'd done them an injustice by saying that. We didn't see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsWritingBookDoneHomeWantedYoungNiceMy FamilyInjusticeGet AwayAway From Home Author:Christopher Hitchens
“It's wonderful to make a lot of money, to be able to take care of my family, to have the facilities I have and really support the people the studio's involved with. But at the end of the day I'm quite simple as an artist-it's really about the power of art.” PeopleArtEndsCareAbleArtistSimpleSupportWonderfulInvolvedMy FamilyStudiosTake CareThe End Of The DayLots Of MoneyFacility Author:Jeff Koons
“Happiness, for me, is a function of the number of people I love, and I think joy and happiness is directly related to how many people are in our lives and how deeply we are bonded with those people. And so I'm happy if I'm with Ann; I'm happier if I'm also with my family and my grandchildren.” PeopleIfsThinkingJoyNumbersOur LivesMy FamilyFunctionRelatedGrandchildrenJoy And HappinessMy Grandchildren Author:Mitt Romney
“My family spent many years sleeping side by side in the same room. It's important for me to not separate myself from them or to say that I've suffered more than they have because I'm gay. We all suffered from the same political rejection, and from poverty. When you're starving with eleven other people in the same room, you become connected to them forever. We were all hungry at the same time.” PeopleYearsImportantPoliticalSidesSleepRoomsPovertyForeverGayMy FamilyConnectedHungryRejectionStarvingEleven Author:Abdellah Taia
“My friends and my family - the people who I love and who love me back. Whenever I get down, when I want to crawl under a rock, I just look around at them and I see how rich my life is. You have to remember what’s most important in life. I am loved by so many people and have a wonderful job. I know I’m incredibly blessed. I am a completely lucky human being.” PeopleKnowsWantHumansLooksImportantJobsRememberLife IsHuman BeingsRichWonderfulRocksLuckyMy FriendsMy FamilyBlessed Author:Troian Bellisario
“As a mother, I - like everyone else - have to fill my gas tank in my car. I have to feed my family. I have to be able to make sure that I can keep a roof over their heads and, with things escalating the way they are, it's very difficult. People are losing their homes.” PeopleWayI CanHomeAbleMotherDifficultCarLosingMy FamilyGasRoofTanksEscalating Author:Cindy McCain
“I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know three quarters of the people in the building. We live in the same square-footage and I wouldn't know who they were.” PeopleKnowsYearsThreeNew YorkBuildingMy FamilySquaresQuarters Author:Dan Aykroyd
“I love lawyers and bankers, they are my family, but I don't want to live with them. It doesn't make a city. You need people with brain and heart and soul that give it all. You need young people on skateboards and you need people running around making noise.” PeopleWantNeedsGivingHeartSoulRunningYoungCitiesBrainMy FamilyLawyerNoiseBankersHeart And SoulHeart And Brain Author:Agathe Snow
“Touring is tough. You're almost in a haze because you don't really know where you are half the time: You're in a hotel room one moment, and the next thing you know, you're onstage performing for 60,000 people, then you're back on an airplane. It's very hectic and I couldn't do it without my family.” PeopleKnowsMomentsNextRoomsHalfToughMy FamilyPerformingHotelWhere You AreAirplaneTouringAeroplanesHotel RoomsHazeHectic Author:Vanessa Hudgens
“It's important to have people around who love themselves, are true to themselves, who have their own hobbies and their world doesn't revolve around Hollywood. I can always go to my family with any doubts or questions I may have.” PeopleWorldMayI CanImportantDoubtMy FamilyHollywoodHobbies Author:Vanessa Hudgens
“When I was growing up, everyone around me was fond of fooling around with words. It was certainly common in my family, but I think it is typical of Bombay, and maybe of India, that there is a sense of play in the way people use language.” PeopleThinkingWayPlayUseLanguageCommonGrowing UpGrowingMy FamilyIndiaTypicalBombayFooling Around Author:Salman Rushdie
“I wanted to prove people wrong who didn't think I could play at this level. I also wanted to take care of my family. It was a chance to play against the best players in the world. Mentally and physically I don't think I was ready, but I was ready to take on the challenge.” PeopleThinkingWorldPlayCareWantedChallengesChanceLevelsPlayerReadyProveMy FamilyTake CareBest Players Author:Jermaine O'Neal