And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago – by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me.

My mother, I suppose, is still a main figure in my life because her life was so sad and unfair, and she so brave, but also because she was determined to make me into the Sunday-school-recitation little girl I was, from the age of seven or so, fighting not to be.

Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?

My father wasn’t perfect. He had a temper. I took some of that. He would snap, but the older he got, he started calming down. He learned about life, but the thing that he taught my whole family was that family was the most important thing and, no matter what, if a family member needs you, you go and help them out; you get there.

After momma gave birth to 12 of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.

I listen to my mother, and that keeps me out of trouble. I’m a good son.

If you have a family mission statement that clarifies what your purpose is, then you use that as the criterion by which you make the decisions.

You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians.

Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That’s what’s important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times.

My upbringing was solid because of the people I had around me.

John D. Rockefeller apparently became more of a tightwad the richer he got. I don’t know if it is true, but one story I read was about one of his sons having to wear his older sister’s clothes in order to save money.

My mama never wore a pair of pants when I was growing up, and now that’s all she wears. It was so funny for me when I first started seeing Mama wear pants. It was like it wasn’t Mama. Now I’ve bought her many a pantsuit because she just lives in them.

I mean, families are weird.

I can’t imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father.

For a long time I was scared I’d find out I was like my mother.

Christmas morning, I’m going to open presents with my kids. I’m going to take pictures of them opening the presents. Then I’m going to come to the Staples Center and get ready to work.

I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.

The people you choose to have around you make all the difference. My family and close friends keep me grounded. You have to have a mind of your own and a strong head on your shoulders. Cricket is the most important thing to me, so the rest of it pales in comparison.

I was reared in the church, in the Presbyterian Church.

My friends ask me if I want more kids, and I always say yes, I want more; it’s the best thing you can have in your life.

My father opened a restaurant. It’s so amazing… it’s so freaking delicious, but I’m telling you I gain five pounds every time I go in there.

I was raised by strong women, and that DNA is in my daughter and wife.

The reason that I’m here at all is because of my relationship with my family and their encouragement of me to be a musician and to work hard. As long as I stay there in that space, I can do anything. That’s my truth.

As you get older, you have more responsibilities; you have more commitments, more events, kids, you’re married now. You still have all the things that you’ve had, plus you just keep adding.

Where thou art, that is home.

Every man’s reputation proceeds from those of his own household.

My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.

Neither of my parents went to church, but they did everything that you needed to do to be Christian. That’s something a Quaker would call an intimation of the divine.

My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me.

One of the things I realized is that if you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don’t prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list, your kids fall lower and lower on your list.

My folks ain’t graduated from high school or nothing like that, so we always had to struggle in the family – and I come from a big family.

If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don’t believe in it.

I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.

If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.

My mother never cursed at home; my father never cursed at home. My father didn’t drink. Even though we were poor, we would say a blessing over the table. So that’s who I am.

When we talk about mortality, we are talking about our children.

The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.

I think, because I started Virgin when I was a teenager, it has become a part of me, like my family, and I am motivated by ambition for it, almost as if it were a child.

My mother would kill me if I posed nude! My mother raised me with certain standards.

I live in Puerto Rico, my family lives in Puerto Rico, my friends. What happens in Puerto Rico matters to me.

Heavenly Father loves every one of His children. After all, He is their Father.

If your mom cries a lot, you probably cry a lot. It’s what you learn.

My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.

I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.

I was born in Earl K. Long Hospital. I was born Feb. 5th, 1986. I have a lot of family members. My grandmother had five girls, and all of them had children. It was always a house full. A lot of cousins. A lot of family members.

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families – second families, perhaps I should say.

I didn’t have any children of my own.

When I was growing up, I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn’t have parents.

My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was.

The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.

OK, I have a nickname. My family calls me ‚Trey‘ because I’m William the third. My dad has the same name, which is always confusing because my dad is well known, and I’m also known.

I never promise anything. I don’t promise anything to my mum. I don’t promise anything to the supporters.

My family is very good about visiting me, and other friends as well.

When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said – and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded – ‚It’s like hair color. It’s nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It’s not a subject.‘ This was a very healthy attitude.

I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only all right, I was just right, so I believe that my brain is a good one, and it’s lasting me very well.

When I was growing up, there was nobody in my family – not even my mother – who I could look to and be like, ‚I know you’ve never said anything homophobic.‘ So, you know, you worry about people in the business who you’ve heard talk that way. Some of my heroes coming up talk recklessly like that.

Lectures should go from being like the family singing around the piano to high-quality concerts.

I grew up in San Francisco. And so I’m informed in a certain kind of way about, you know, believing in democracy and believing in America. And I’m a very ardent patriot.

At the age of 6, a teacher full of ambitions, who taught in the small public school of Biran, convinced my family that I should travel to Santiago de Cuba to accompany my older sister who would enter a highly prestigious convent school. Including me was a skill of that very teacher from the little school in Biran.