Derrick Rose Quotes

I had lost relationships with my dad, my brother and sister and I was just like, you know what, this is definitely the time to just get it together and so that's what I did.

As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear.

David and Dad didn't get along too well growing up. I mean we all got along, but it was harder on David, because David wasn't going to be the son that Dad wanted. But now they're like best friends.

Do not try to live your children's lives out of your own frustrations.

I was so determined not to pass on to my children what I perceived to be the faults of my upbringing.

I mellowed out; my daughter mellowed me out, and I don't get mad at anyone.

I am absolutely convinced that my life was redeemed by poetry.

As an alcoholic, you have no appreciation for your wife or your children's feelings, but I'm making up for that now. I'm winning my children's trust back.

As a father, I do everything my dad didn't do. My son Beau's birth changed my life.

Growing up, my mom was very strict about how I dressed and how I behaved, and I said to myself that I wasn't going to be like that. But now I know I'm going to be exactly like my mom. I'm going to be worse!

When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.'

The biggest lesson I've learned from my children is to look in the mirror at myself, not at them. I've realized that everything I've done has had an impact on them. We have to understand that they are like little paparazzi. They take our picture when we don't want them to and then they show it to us in their behavior.

I didn't actually get along with my dad when I was growing up, so by the time I was in my 20s, I didn't think I was going to be a writer.

Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy.

Music enables me to cleanse and shed the things that I feel are holding me back from growing, or growing up.

My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat.

I finally did work out a very good relationship with my father, but it was rough growing up. We had a lot of conflict, and I think it surfaced in many of my works.

My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up.

You either become like your parents or you become the opposite of your parents. And I like to think that I'm the opposite of my parents.

I'm coming to that realization that I'm going to be seen as a mom to someone, and it makes you think about your own parents. You know, who were they?

Until I really dealt with a lot of the demons in my life - the fear and self-doubt and unresolved issues with my old man - I could never feel fulfilled and happy. I would wake up in the morning and feel bad.

When I finally got sober, I moved towards what I might have been if I hadn't been destroying myself when I was young.

Instead of holding grudges, it's better to learn from the bad experiences.

I'm the same person. I got a grenade thrown at me. Situation turned out how it did. Now I'm just trying to do good things.

So many men have holes in their souls the shape of their fathers. You can pass that on to your kid, or you can do something about it, and I'm seeing a lot of men doing something about it.