The way I try to represent my family and coaches, I think all are characteristics the league aspires to portray. That’s just who I am.

We learned about dignity and decency – that how hard you work matters more than how much you make… that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.

Whenever something went wrong when I was young – if I had a pimple or if my hair broke – my mom would say, ‚Sister mine, I’m going to make you some soup.‘ And I really thought the soup would make my pimple go away or my hair stronger.

Of all nature’s gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.

You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: ‚Yes, you’re doing the right thing, you’re always right.‘ No, they tell me when I’m wrong, and that’s why I’ve been able to stay who I am and stay humble.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop.

How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‚Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

Once you have six children, you’re committed.

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

Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose. Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock.

Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

It took Simone a long time to understand why people want Daddy’s autograph. I’d tell her, and my wife would tell her, too, ‚People see Daddy in the movies, and they are excited to meet him.‘ But she couldn’t really grasp it.

I think about the milestones from my childhood and what it will be like to watch our kids go through them. Taking Riley to her first day of school was a whirlwind. I can’t imagine what middle school is going to be like, and high school, and graduation.

Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.

My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people’s kids than I did my own.

I had to make a choice at one point in my life, of missing films or missing my children. It was a very easy decision to make because I missed my children so very much.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

The just is close to the people’s heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.

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

No other country in the world does what we do. On every issue, the world turns to us, not simply because of the size of our economy or our military might – but because of the ideals we stand for, and the burdens we bear to advance them.

I wish I had been home more when the children were growing up. I missed a lot.

My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most self-protective ones will look into the mirror I provide and not be afraid.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

My family has never been there for me. They expect things because we’re blood.

Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.

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.

My father, who was jailed for stealing on more than one occasion, just abandoned his fatherly responsibilities and disappeared. I grew up working from the time I was nine years of age. Money was a big issue everywhere I lived.

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.

When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he wanted me to lie, but because he thought I should know how it’s done so I would recognise when I was being lied to.

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.

Only a man’s character is the real criterion of worth.

The name Zahra was to have been lman’s own name at birth, but a senior member of the family changed it to lman at the last minute.

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what’s right. Freedom is right.

We must respect the other fellow’s religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

I am the son of a freedom fighter, and a son of a freedom fighter automatically imbibes the value of democracy.

We make the Sabbath a delight when we teach the gospel to our children.

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They’re the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.

I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.

I go to sleep thinking about my kids being spoiled and I wake up thinking about it.

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

I was baptized by my father when I was 4 years old.

It’s an honor for me to represent urban music, reggaeton, trap and hip-hop.

I want to work; then, as my kids get older, I want to have adventures. I want to visit all their countries: learn and live inside all their cultures.

Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.

My children love Maleficent’s voice, so they always make me do it at home.

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.

Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.

I never thought I’d have children; I never thought I’d be in love, I never thought I’d meet the right person. Having come from a broken home – you kind of accept that certain things feel like a fairy tale, and you just don’t look for them.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.