Julius Erving Quotes

Womenfolk raised me, and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home.

My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mother and father are two people I can count on no matter what.

My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life.

I'm a Mommy's Girl - the strongest influence in my young life was my mom.

My mom was my main influence growing up, and Phylicia Rashad reminded me a lot of my mother, just the way she handled certain things, she was... not soft-spoken but smooth-spoken. Just very calm, cool, collected about things.

And we're fortunate if we have parents who are great and loving and inspiring. But, unfortunately, there are people who don't have that.

My mom has obviously had a powerful influence on my life, and her voice can describe certain things that I couldn't see in myself.

My mom was tough.

I'm an only child raised by a single mom. She's always been supportive of what I wanted to do.

My biggest source of inspiration is my mum.

I have a lot of surrogate parents, but there's no one like your mother.

It doesn't matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom.

I was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a very poor family and unfortunately my father and mother separated when I was very little.

Dad was the pitching coach, while Mom was the emotional supporter. Her unconditional love was great, and she wanted what was best for me. It was more about what she did than what she said, and she made sure I was the best I could be.

I'm raised by a single mom and didn't have pops around for the most part of my life. And she, by any means necessary, gave me the best opportunities that she knew how to give me.

My life has always been with my dad. Since I can remember, I was raised by my father my entire life. So he's kind of been that mom and father figure - always.

My mom and dad got divorced when I was very young, and growing up in a family where the head of the household wasn't a man made a big difference.

Most actors don't grow up with sweet, vanilla parents.

I had a very difficult childhood. I was surrounded by people who had both parents, which made me feel different. Having a bit of a rougher existence early on, it made me appreciate the work ethic that my grandparents instilled in me.

My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'

I grew up in a broken home, working class. My paternal grandmother raised me and my brother; my father was with us, and my mother lived in Jersey.

A lot of people think I grew up with just my brother and me, but mom was there even when she wasn't. We had a good household.

But I still always felt the absence of a mother.

For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home.

Everything I am is because of my mom.