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'Mama's Family' was kind of like everyone's guilty pleasure.

When the opportunity came along to do 'Win, Lose or Draw,' I took it selfishly to find out if I did enjoy being me on camera. And I did that for the last two years I was doing 'Mama's Family.'

I really feel my family is my priority.

We all know him: everybody has an Archie Bunker in their family, so you love to laugh at him, and you never take it personally; everybody just has a ball laughing at him.

Most of the cast and crew on 'Mama's Family' have been together since the 'Carol Burnett' days, so we work really well together. It's like I'm being paid to pretend I'm in show business.

I think the Mama people remember is from 'Mama's Family.' She really turned into a pretty cool character. The sketches from the 'Burnett' show, if people are old enough to remember, were written by writers who all hated their mothers.

Everybody has a dysfunctional family.

Everyone has a crazy old lady in their family like 'Mama.' No one ever comes up to me and says 'Mama' is just like them, so no one is ever offended by her. Even young people like to laugh at her. I think she helps kids appreciate their own grandmothers more.

I was married for 10 minutes into a Southern family.

Later in life, when I'm retired and have a family of my own and will be able to send my kids to college, that's when I'll start spending. Way too many athletes go broke these days, and I like saving my money so that I can ensure my family and friends currently and after me will never have to endure some of the things I did when I was a kid.

I do not have a family, per se. When I was younger, I grew up in foster care with my brother and sister. It was really a struggle, and knowing that there were people out there with tight-knit families really made my childhood an unfortunate one.

I learned Portuguese, English and Spanish. It was great for me. My family always forced me to speak in every language.

When I lived in the U.S., I spoke Portuguese with my mother and grandmother, Spanish with my father and his family, and English with my friends. When we moved to Brasilia, my mother started teaching English, and she made me speak English with her since I could speak Portuguese with everyone else.

As we've grown our family, that's really when I've started to develop a real, true appreciation of my own faith and not just the academic.

My family on the ground is definitely in my thoughts and in my prayers, and on my socks.

Before I go and even get in an airplane to go on a flight, I say a prayer, and I always think about my family.

The only thing I'm afraid of is not coming home to my family.

My wife Maya Bhate is from Pune. My daughters Diya and Keya, and I, are regular visitors to the city, since her family is based here.

In my family, people become pregnant at 33 or something, not 26.

I'm focused on football; focused on my family right now.

All my family is average-sized, apart from me. I didn't really think about my size until I got older, a few years before high school. It had never really fazed me that much.