I have the strength from my mother, the survivability. I have wonderful qualities from my mother - but please, Mother, forgive me - I heard judgment constantly about my father.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father. I want to be judged on my own merits.
My father and mother had tremendous integrity, and obviously that affected me.
My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mother and father are two people I can count on no matter what.
My mother is a strong, wonderful woman. I could never be anything she didn't want me to be.
My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn't do it either.
It is a burden because I get asked about my father all the time. I just need to accept that he was a champion before me.
My mother sees things but from the distance; she does not weigh them in regard to my position, and she judges me too harshly. But she is my mother, who loves me dearly; and when she speaks, I can only bow my head.
Now that I'm a father, I've forgiven my parents.
Throughout my career, I have been confronted with people who have doubted my ability to achieve the dreams and ambitions distilled into my soul by my father.
My mother was a very difficult woman to please. She was the sort of woman who thought that if I were praised I would get above myself.
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