Dwight Howard Quotes

I didn't have a father when I was growing up, and I vowed to be there with my kids.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created a child and then, by his absence, left the child fatherless and then Godless.

Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, … family is the most important. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation.

I am devoted to my two children, who are far and away more important to me than anything.

There aren't many fathers around here...If someone is old enough to father a child, he should be old enough to help bring it up.

My childhood was defined by my father's absence. His presence looms so large. Up until the age of 18, he was a superstar for me.

I never knew my father, and I'd hate to repeat that kind of cycle with my own children, because I'd also want to be there for them no matter what.

I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless. But his speech was a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did.

Think about one of the most powerful influences on a young child's life - the absence of a father figure. Look back on recent presidents, and you'll find an absent, or weak, or failed father in the lives of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.

I know a lot of people don't have their parents in their life - their mother, their father - but I've got the best two you could ask for, I swear.

The interesting thing about an absent father is, for a child, you don't know he's absent. You just think he's... tardy.

I want to be present for my kids, and my biological father wasn't present for me.

When your love for your kid is at the center of everything, you can't go wrong.

It means everything to be a father. I had a father growing up, so I wanted my kids to have a father as well.

Growing up, as a kid, my father was always there.

My dad was always a motivation, even when he wasn't there.

I will be there for my kids.

I made a decision as a five-year-old boy that my kids will know who their father is.

I wouldn't say it's to the point where I hate him or nothing like that because he's not with my mom or he wasn't there when I was growing up. He's my father whether I like it or not - he helped give me life. So I still love him and everything. Sometimes I wished he was with me, and other times I didn't.

I have no worthwhile memories of my father, therefore no idea of what a father's role should be.

You need a strong family because at the end, they will love you and support you unconditionally. Luckily, I have my dad, mom and sister.

My mum left my dad when I was six months old, so I don't know him at all. I had no male figures in my life, really. I had my godfather, but he's more like a grandfather, so I was quite sheltered. I've never tried to find my father.

I am Quinn's father. I will do everything in my power to provide her with the love and support she deserves.