T.J. Dillashaw Quotes

I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.

My kids are being raised in a much more affluent environment than was mine. My wife and I talk about that all the time because neither of us had this kind of experience.

I think I was born into an incredibly fortunate environment.

I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.

I was very lucky - it wasn't a question of being wealthy; my father was just extremely lucky with the couple of jobs he got. So we got a chance to travel when nobody else could travel.

There was a perception that I'd grown up with a silver spoon in my mouth.

I wasn't born with a silver spoon in Beverly Hills, but I was born with a great deal of self-worth.

We certainly grew up and had opportunities. But it's not like our parents are aristocratic blue bloods.

I can't deny that I've had a privileged upbringing. I've been really fortunate regarding how I entered this world, not just financially, but in that I have really great parents who show me a lot of love.

I've been brought up in a really lovely family, so I'm lucky.

I wasn't exactly born with a silver spoon in my mouth.

I grew up in an upper-income household, in an accepting environment, and with incredible educational opportunities.

My mother was from a middle-class background.

I was not born into a rich family or a family of government officials.

I feel like I have the fortune of privilege, particularly as it relates to my children.

I was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the youngest of four girls, including my oldest sister, Lisa, who has special needs. My mom was a special education teacher, and my dad worked on the Army base. We weren't wealthy, but we were determined to succeed.

I've been lucky from my earliest memory on. I happened to be born to the right parents, and the lives we led - working class, migratory - suited my personality. I had an adventurous mindset, and we lived on an Army base, then in South Dakota - it was a dynamic environment.

My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman. We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren't rich - but we felt secure.

I would say I came from upper middle class family.

My father grew up in a life of extreme privilege.

We definitely weren't poor growing up, but we weren't rich.

Honestly, I grew up in pretty modest circumstances. We were a middle-class family.

I'm the son of a former billionaire, but I'm just a working man.

Frankly, I was born with a silver spoon.

I grew up in a middle-class family. I went to law school.