Viswanathan Anand Quotes

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

We grew up with so much love in our family.

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

I turned up to all my son's performances and baseball games because my father never did that for me.

My grandmother and my mother raised me, but my dad made a conscious effort to be in my life - every weekend he would take me out.

I'd like my children to remember all the cuddles and bedtimes, and that I worshipped them unconditionally.

You never realize how much your mother loves you till you explore the attic - and find every letter you ever sent her, every finger painting, clay pot, bead necklace, Easter chicken, cardboard Santa Claus, paperlace Mother's Day card and school report since day one.

I've always wanted to be a mom. I had a great relationship with mine. I'm ready to pass on to my child all the great love that my mom had for me.

My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with what I was doing.

My mom wasn't a movie star.

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

My mom won't let anyone treat me like a little princess.

I was blessed, because I come from a family where they knock you down before you float away. I have a lot of brothers who just make sure we have our feet on the ground, and my mom is a rock star. She is an amazing mother.

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it.

From the moment this baby came into our home, those two dogs have never been more in love. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever witnessed. People keep saying, 'Oh, you're a single mom.' I'm like, 'Actually, I'm not. I've got two boys helping.'

I think my mom put it best. She said, 'Little girls soften their daddy's hearts.'

My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine.

My mother encouraged it so much. She was so supportive. Even if as a kid, I would do the dumbest trick, which now that I look back on some things, she would love it, she would say that's amazing, or if I'd make the ugliest drawing, she would hang it up. She was amazing.

Christmas was always a big holiday in our family. Every Christmas Eve before we'd go to bed, my mom and dad would read to us two or three stories and they would always be 'The Happy Prince,' 'The Gift of the Magi' and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas,' and I would like to keep that alive.

I grew up with my mom; it was just the two of us.

I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving.

Because of my unique experience as my mom's child, the beginning of my journey was more about me trying to figure out who I was on my own. My mom is one of the greatest moms and so supportive of all my siblings and of all of us being who we are, and not who she wanted us to be.

I love children and I love family and I love that interaction. Because I had a really close relationship with my mother, I understand that deep powerful love, and it's so beautiful. To be a mother to a child is the most brilliant gift; it's gorgeous.

I have the biggest sweet tooth! You name it, I will eat it. My all-time favorite is my mother's butter cake. Every time I go home, my mom will already have the cake made because I love it so much. This makes my siblings mad because they think she favors me. I don't care because she probably does!

I consider my mom and all my sisters my friends.