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I don't really know anything about my dad. I don't really know too much about his background. He's Jamaican and Jamaicans are usually more athletic. You've seen Usain Bolt.

My dad was a holistic doctor, so putting good things into my body has always been something I've strived for.

My dad had to quit school when he was in third grade. My mom had to quit school. They didn't know what I needed, and I didn't know what I needed to keep wrestling and go to school, so that's why I had to go to community college.

My dad was probably the first to tell me - I remember pitching when I was 7 or 8, and he told me he didn't want the other team to know whether I was having a great game or a bad game. And that's something that always stuck with me.

My dad always wanted me to box because he saw a career in it for me.

For me, it's always been to be on your toes about everything no matter what you do - my mom and dad always stressed that to me.

My dad and uncles were among the 125,000 proud black American volunteers who, throughout their entire lives, considered their decision to serve during WWII as their greatest honor.

We understood, growing up - 'cause it was taught in our family home, my mom and dad - to respect women, for instance. To respect yourself. That you respect your name. Those are the kind of things we were taught.

My dad used to play reggae and Afrobeats. Every Sunday, we used to have these records, vinyls. And he would just play all of them - Super Cat, Ninja Man, Buju Banton.

Weekends in our house were always about football. My dad would usually take me to Arsenal - I joined when I was about seven - and my mum would take my brother to Watford.

My mum and dad always encouraged me. They never stopped me from playing football; they just wanted to see a balance and that I was also interested in my education.

My dad always pushed me, he took me to training on days where sometimes it would take two hours to get there, so I'll always be so grateful for my parents for the work they've done for me.

From the age of three or four I would be playing football at home in the garden with my dad, and my older brother.

My dad has always been a big football fan, he supported Newcastle because he loved Alan Shearer.

My dad is the most humble man on the planet.

My dad made a film called 'Willow' when he was a young filmmaker, which screened at the Cannes film festival, and people were booing afterwards.

I don't have any friends who are actors through my dad.

I was raised in Connecticut. And I honestly wasn't aware that my dad was a celebrity until I moved to Los Angeles a year ago.

We all contribute to The National, and it's like a familiar family. Matt is dad, Brian's like the dark horse uncle, Scott's the long-suffering mum, and Aaron and I are the bratty twins.

I like eating the right way, doing things the right way. I never had to have my dad come and say, 'Hey, you have to get back to the gym' or, 'Hey, you're eating wrong.'

The full thing is God-given. I don't know how I got my swing or what I did. I know I worked every single day. I know I did as much as I could with my dad. But I never really looked at anything mechanical. There was nothing really like, 'Oh, put your hands here.' It was, 'Where are you comfortable? You're comfortable here; hit from there.'