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My father was a misanthrope who slept all day and stayed up all night so that he wouldn't have to see people. He ran a business with a large staff but would go there at night and leave things for them to do during the day when he wasn't there.

Some of the kids in school used to call my father a fake or a phony. That kind of thing brought on a few fights.

I've seen my father go hungry, but my brother and mom never went hungry. I saw my father do overtime after overtime just to make sure we were good and the family was safe. I come from that background, so if you love something - my dad didn't love his job. He loved his family, so he did what he had to do.

As a father, safety is always a top of mind issue for me.

Being a father is an everyday challenge. It goes on and on.

When I was a kid, I dreamt of being a runner. My mother and father always told me to go after what I wanted. I went after running.

My father has never once asked me a question, any question. There's a freedom that came from that. It allowed me to create my own way of thinking.

When my father would come home from his work at the Senate and talk about the things he could talk about - because a lot of his work was top secret - he would always tell me these stories and laugh. As deadly serious as his work was, he would laugh at the absurdity of it all.

I have never imagined that I would get married and that I would become a father.

My mother is a poet/novelist, and my father was a pianist and cook. Both artists who colored my personality and brain in ways I'm still discovering!

My father is the oldest of seven boys.

Now I'm the father of three children; I'm not able to go live on a bus and do semesters around the country like I did when I was young.

My father was a successful real estate developer, and he was a very tough man but a good man. My father would always praise me. He always thought I was the smartest person.

My father was very energetic; my mother was very energetic. He lived to a very old age, and so did my mother. I believe that I just have it from my father, from my parents. They had wonderful energy.

I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them.

I was 28 when my father died, and I was an only child.

I was so locked in. At one point I remember thinking, I'm not going to be a father, boyfriend, friend, whatever. I'm here to play.

It's pretty cool having my father be such a great player. I'm really proud of him.

My father is just getting better and better, and that speaks so well of the way he approaches the work.

I stayed focused, and I never surrendered, and now I've been blessed. now I take care of my mother, my father, and my entire whole family.

Not many know this, but in training sessions, I like to play in the center-back position sometimes. I think I'm good at that position, and my father used to be a central defender. Some people don't realize that if you play in that position, you can better understand how the defender thinks.