My parents were self-made people, and they were a team.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard.
My parents never forced things on my brother and me: not our faith, not our sports, not our friends. Yet they taught us about surrounding ourselves with the right people: the kind of people we want to be.
Part of my growing up was always trying to make my parents proud and always trying to keep them happy. I think part of what held them together was my involvement in sports.
When I was young, I grew up in a family of working-class people. Not just my parents, but my extended family, as well.
My parents are my role models. All they've done for me, they're just major people in my life. They've stood by me and got me where I am today.
Growing up, my parents were my heroes, in the way they conducted their lives.
My family always helped me. I had people around me who always pushed me to be the best: my dad, my mum. My dad used to play and coach as well. But I wasn't born with shiny things.
My parents were amazing people who had no business being together - and they knew it.
I didn't have parents, so I lived in people's homes... And because I grew up with no parental role models, I learned to become my own friend, eventually my own father and my own mother.
My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they did what parents are supposed to do.