Carlos Carvalhal Quotes

I lived by the candlelight for two years because I couldn't afford power. It was nice and romantic at the time, but if you can't afford power you're pretty broke. You endure it.

Growing up in a lower-income family, you don't have the resources to make ends meet and you have to find creative ways to get by.

I remember that at the beginning of the month, the kind of menus my mom and father would prepare for us would have fish, chicken. But at the end of the month - because my father would be waiting for paycheck - the refrigerator would get empty. I remember that without a lot of food left, some of the best meals happened right there.

I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.

We called ourselves '2 Too Many' because we only had enough money for one of us.

There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.

Like everyone, I am formed by my background, and mine was - well, we didn't have a lot of money. I didn't live in a cardboard box, but I did live in a place where, at the end of the week, the money was gone.

I was not raised with wealth or resources or any social standing to speak of.

It's not hard to tell we was poor - when you saw the toilet paper dryin' on the clothesline.

I was very poor when I was young.

We were rather poor, but we always had what we needed.

We were an underprivileged family. My parents were both tailors. We got by. But we only had a few important things in our life.

We were so poor. Every item of clothing came from a thrift store.

I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.

I was poor my whole life.

Like so many families, we were dealing with limited means. We weren't poor at all, but we had some challenging times financially. When my stepdad got laid off... we were really trying to find our footing for a couple of years.

Yeah, I came over to Cambridge with 500 quid in my pocket and I had to borrow a waistcoat off another Australian player. I couldn't afford to buy one.

I don't even get an allowance.

I was eating beans by candle light for a decade.

The hard part that I had to go through in life, period, is living in poverty and not being able to get what I want.

When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn't afford to pay attention.

I have crooked toes from wearing boots that didn't fit me because that's all I could afford as a kid.

I thought it was normal to recycle pants and shoes from your older cousins. That was just my way of life. At the end of the month, there was not much food in the refrigerator and you're hoping the first comes so food can come again. You never forget those things.

I grew up incredibly poor and went to school and had a very average upbringing.

I grew up in poverty. For 25 years I was fed on aid.