Nico Rosberg Quotes

Growing up with a famous father, and one who mastered his craft, it's one of those things where, do you really want to be in the same profession? I can't imagine the pressure on, say, Michael Jordan's kids. But for me, I think it's molded me into the character that I am today.

Whenever you're the child of a famous person, you get judged in odd ways because of that.

The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.

I love being called NTR's grandson. I never moved away from his shadow, maybe because I didn't try enough or maybe because I like it this way.

Knowing that my granddad was a highly respected actor wasn't necessarily intimidating, but it definitely meant there was always a pressure to live up to his reputation. I think that's why acting wasn't something I even considered doing, as a kid.

John Adams and John Quincy Adams had six sons. Two of these were great statesman and four were drunks. For the Adams family it was the White House or the Ale House …. Family pressure is part of what drives people to drink.

I definitely think there is a lot of expectation and pressure being a star's son.

I came from my father being one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. It's really hard to fill those shoes.

There's a lot to live up to when three of your parents are successful in the music business.

I understand the repercussions of following in my father's footsteps.

It's tough for a child to deal with expectations that people have if they have a successful parent. A child often fails to cope with the same and constantly tries to find out possible ways to excel - just to live up to the name.

I was really good at a young age, but every day I had to walk in the house, and walk past my dad's jersey framed on the wall because he was an Olympian, so I was like, all right, I haven't done anything yet.

I was shying away from acting for the longest time - because of having such big shoes to fill.

I was always nervous to play my father's [John Lennon's] songs.

It was difficult showing up in Grade 1 as Pierre Elliott Trudeau's son, it was difficult to become a high school teacher as Pierre Elliott Trudeau's son. That's something that I've lived with all my life. What people don't necessarily remember is that my father was an incredibly present dad as a prime minister.

No one understands what it's like to walk in the shadow of a famous father, let alone Ric Flair, in the wrestling industry.

The phrase 'no burden' largely captured what I wish people believed about themselves.

But there was a lot of pressure to achieve and to get things right, whether in school, on stage or with my peers and family.

Of course people are going to compare me to my father, and there's no problem with that. At the end of the day, I'm going to have to live with that for the rest of my life, whether I like it or not.

Being a coach's son, they're hard on you. When you say you want to be great, they do everything they can do to put you in that position.

My father was possessed of an extraordinary romantic idealism, an unwavering belief in certain principles. He was always talking about the past. Always. Of course, it has a powerful effect on me.

My father, who is now in Heaven, was a supporter of La U, and I think the truth is that a lot of my family would like me to end up there. My dad was the pillar of the family, and sometimes people do things for their family as well.

I didn't want to be a goalkeeper in the beginning because my dad and uncle used to play in goal and I knew how much you suffer!

My sisters were very successful and confident. It was, 'Oh, you are Pippa's brother! Are you Catherine's brother?' And so I was automatically put into the top sports teams and academic sets.

I like to call myself as son of famous father and father of famous son.