Henrikh Mkhitaryan Quotes

I grew up without a father figure.

I never had a father figure so I never missed it.

If I could change anything, I would definitely have had a father around. My father. I would definitely say it affected me deeply as a young man, coming up. Who doesn't want a father? Those are the beginnings, and those are what can dictate the roads you choose in life, and choosing them well.

I didn't have a dad coming up. I didn't have someone to be scared of.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that.

My father left when I was three, and I have no memory of him. The most significant male figures in my life were my grandfather, in whose house I lived during the first 10 years of my childhood, and later my stepfather.

Whatever their age, most men have never received true fathering.

Of course there's some things that I would have liked to have... none of my friends growing up had their father in the house. None of 'em. We had uncles and stuff like that, but nobody had a father in the house, none of my friends.

Almost 24 million children - one in three - are likely growing up without their father involved in their lives.

I know that my dad not being in my life made a huge impact on me.

I don't know what it's like to have a typical father figure. He's not the dad who's going to take me to the beach and go swimming, but he's such a motivational person.

My life has always been with my dad. Since I can remember, I was raised by my father my entire life. So he's kind of been that mom and father figure - always.

James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked to a son. He became the father I never had.

We have a number of difficulties facing our nation, but I believe fatherlessness is right at the top of the list.

All children need their fathers, but boys especially need fathers to teach them how to be men.

That's so important for children when they're growing up, to have a strong male role model.

There's a lot of single black women who did the best that they could and that's a beautiful thing, but they don't know how necessary a father is in a kid's life and how much guys miss that deep down inside.

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.

The thing about living without a father if he's always gone is that it takes a long time to realize he isn't coming home.

I didn't have a father figure in the house.

I think a father is important for everyone. If you don't have, then maybe not so much. In the world today, it's possible that you grow up with only one parent in the family.

I didn't grow up with my dad, or around the whole legacy. I was post-Motown, so I'd always hear stories and wonder what was it like.

I know there are a lot of kids who aren't lucky enough to have a father figure in their lives. That's a really tough obstacle to overcome.

A lot of people don't even know that about me, I grew up without a father.