Philippe Cousteau Jr. Quotes

I want to follow in my father's footsteps, but do it better.

As the youngest, I wanted to be my father's son and perpetuate the family name.

I don't feel like I need to be a successor to my mother, or her work.

My plan was never to be an actor like my father.

I have goals, I have my purpose. I want to build upon what my grandpa and my dad and my stepdad did in the past.

I don't feel any pressure to live up to the legacy of my grandfather; if I did, I'd be mad. I'm as much of a fan of his work as anyone.

It was a given in our family that my father was a grocer so that I wouldn't have to be.

The older I get, the more and more I notice I'm like my father. It's funny, because when I was younger I tried to just back away from my father as much as I could, and some of the philosophies, some of the life lessons, some of the beliefs that he had within me are always constantly ongoing, and they're always prevalent in my life, whether it's trying to be every single thing that I can be in my sport or life or relationship or business, whatever avenue I'm pursuing.

I'm the product of my parents' dreams and aspirations.

I have a huge family name to live up to and a huge legacy to live up to. I feel the pressure of that every day of my life, but I feel like it's a blessing and a curse.

Every drummer I've ever spoken to or read an interview with - my dad is always in their top three. I'm honored to share his name and represent him all these years after he's gone.

I asked my mother, 'Why shouldn't I act?' She said, 'Nobody in the family has acted, so why should you?'

I took my dad's name to carry on his legacy because acting feels like something I'm meant to do. I want to try everything.

In some ways, Cash and Carter is a family business that's been handed to me.

The women and the men are teachers and preachers in my family, and a little bit of both those fell on me.

My father has a movement that started before us. As his children, we are just the stewards to build on his foundation.

People ask me 'Are you copying your dad?' It is in my blood. I have got royal blood coursing through my veins. I can't help myself doing what my father did.

I want to be able to prove I can become the same or better than my father.

I was inbred into the game by my father

I feel very strongly that I am under the influence of things or questions which were left incomplete and unanswered by my parents and grandparents and more distant ancestors. It often seems as if there were an impersonal karma within a family which is passed on from parents to children. It has always seemed to me that I had to answer questions which fate had posed to my forefathers, and which had not yet been answered, or as if I had to complete, or perhaps continue, things which previous ages had left unfinished.

He touched the screen as if trying to reach through with his hand. "You're a wonderful young lady. I don't tell you that often enough. You remind me so much of your mother. She'd be proud. And Grandpa Tom" --he chuckled-- "he always said you'd be the most powerful voice in our family. You're going to outshine me some day, you know. They're going to remember me as Piper McLean's father, and that's the best legacy I can imagine.

All I ever wanted to do was to do something good so that my parents could be proud of me.

If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.

You are where you are because the generation before you paid attention to their broken heart.