Ferdinand Mount Quotes

My parents had a great work ethic.

From my parents, I learned a very strong work ethic, and all of my brothers and sisters all worked from the earliest days of life right through to the present time.

I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them.

As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.

My mother had taught me about the importance of finding a 'good provider,' so when my boyfriend proposed, I said 'yes' in a heartbeat. I was still just a kid, and I didn't know what was coming in life.

My childhood, I wouldn't say it was bad. It helped me grow up. I stayed out of trouble. My parents taught me what's wrong and right, and knowing that I had a little brother following me, I had to make sure I was doing the right thing so he knows what's right, too. I was in the house nine days out of 10. There wasn't nothing good outside for me.

I always had a work ethic. And I think I very much got that from my father and my mother.

My parents instilled a strong work ethic early on in my life.

My mom keeps me grounded and all that. She makes me do chores.

When in a relationship, you are responsible for another person, too. I don't want to commit unless I am absolutely ready.

Keeping our priorities straight, our faith, our family, and values will keep us grounded.

Your family are people you lean on and learn from. When I told my family I wanted to do music, they were really supportive.

If it's one thing my parents did right, it was teaching me to have a good work ethic, and I plan on doing the same with my kids!

My father instilled those hard-working values.

I start getting bored and misbehaving if I don't work hard. It's fine when you're younger - you go out a lot and muck around with your mates and drink and stuff - but I'm a bit over that now.

Fortunately, my wife shares the same values and is extremely supportive.

Barry Hearn has said there's no time for playboys, but I'm not a playboy.

Don't ever postpone things - that was very clear in our family.

I got into law school, and it required a maturity I didn't have at the time.

We all have little sisters and cousins who look up to us, and we see what they go through. So we have to be an example. A lot of artists come into this business and they don't see things that way. But as you get older - and now that we also have children - your conscience starts working on you.

At the end of the day, it's me who has to earn the right to play more.

Family life is the backbone of mankind, and that life is dependent upon mutual giving, sharing, and receiving from each other. It entails the proper use of each other's successes and failures for mutual up-building.

I just feel that if you're going to have kids, you need to believe that, emotionally, you can give them a really good life.

Responsibility makes a player better. I was made the captain of Maharashtra senior team when I was 16 or 17. I know how to take the team forward. I had been through the responsibilities.

Money is rarely just money. Sometimes it stands in for love or self-esteem or freedom or a sense of control over your destiny (especially if you lacked these things in childhood).