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I remember thinking that I'd way rather give my parents my money, and not have to like have them go to work anymore, you know what I mean. Because I'd way rather spend more time with them.

My parents were working class folks. My dad was a bartender for most of his life, my mom was a maid and a cashier and a stock clerk at WalMart. We were not people of financial means in terms of significant financial means. I always told them, 'I didn't always have what I wanted. I always had what I needed.' My parents always provided that.

My parents instilled in me that life was going to be very difficult and that I'd have to work for everything.

I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.

I was fortunate enough to have my kids early, so being a mom always ended up being a better gig than these other parts that came along. So I always justified not really working a lot because I had a family.

I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.

I saw how hard my parents worked, and I didn't want to be a freeloader.

I always wanted to make sure my parents didn't have to work again for the rest of their lives.

Every time I got paid, I would give my parents money. I would save some money, and I would have a little money to spend.

I watched my parents go from having very basic jobs to educating themselves, to buying a house. They set a really good bar for what they wanted their kids to achieve.