Lily Collins Quotes

I was lucky that my parents had supported and guided me with a positive framework.

I would say my biggest mentor has been my father because he always has been. Actually both of my parents have always been ones to encourage me to be myself and stay true to myself and not fall into what other people want me to do.

My mother, my father, my brother, they've done a tremendous job of preparing me and helping me get right in having confidence.

I've learned great lessons from my parents for things on the court and off. I really look up to them.

Self-belief? My parents gave it to me.

Thankfully, I was given a strong base by my parents, an understanding of who I was and my strength.

Growing up in Oklahoma the way I did, and being raised the way I was raised by my parents, gave me such a strong foundation to go out into the world and fly, so to speak, the way I was able to do.

I didn't have a lot of the advantages Donald Trump had, but I had the most important ones you can get, which are loving parents who cared about me and helped me develop a sense of self.

First and foremost, it's my mom and dad who gave me the foundation, the belief in me that I could do anything.

If my parents didn't raise me in the way that they did, I wouldn't be in the position I am now. They raised me very independent and taught me you can do anything you want to. I have an average-sized brother and an average-sized sister, and I had to do everything they had to.

I was lucky in the sense that I started work very young but had a solid family base provided by my mother. She instilled a strong sense of perspective and humility in me from a very early age.

I had the two best teachers in the world. That was my family.

My parents just had faith in me, and thank God they did. They weren't stage parents in the slightest.

I wish there were people who gave me roles like my dad did.

It's important to be vocal, and to be fair, I've always had that in me, to be honest. One of the things my dad has always said to me is make sure you're vocal, and before the game, I always get a text off him telling me to do the things well and again, 'Be vocal, Dec.'

I would definitely want kids. Would they be dancers? I dunno. That's up to them. If they show interest, I will push them do the best. I was not brought up in a dancer's family. I was brought up in a family where the mentality was whatever you do, you gotta try to be the best at it.

John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to pursue things we were interested in and not think about what other people wanted us to do.

Both my parents were very supportive of me in whatever I wanted to do.

I had a fantastic mother who taught me self-confidence.

The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal importance that they should train themselves.

It never occurred to me that I wouldn't go to college and have a career - as well as a family - of my own. Both my parents, but especially my mother, encouraged me and led me to believe that it was possible.

My parents made us do everything, try everything.

The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

My parents were there: in front of me, behind me, in the middle of my life at all times: reprimanding me, giving me confidence, teaching me valuable lessons, to help make me the man I am today.

And, I think, as a kid, I had a strong motivation to do something of my life. And, I think that's the strongest motivation I really got. And, that came obviously from my parents and my grandparents.