Mick Foley Quotes

I belong to a family where I think we're all fairly treated, boys or girls. Although I have to work doubly hard just to be able to be recognised. That meant long hours, but the hard work paid off.

People in the U.S. didn't know what taekwondo was. But they saw what the Lopezes were able to do with all the love and support and hard work we put in, and what we accomplished. It makes me feel real lucky to be in a position like that.

My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.'

My parents were proud of the fact that I was playing cricket, they used to ferry me around during the weekends to play the game.

I keep asking my son about his cricket scores. I have worked hard for his passion for sports.

My son is my drummer.

My coach never looked at me as a female fighter, but just as a fighter, as someone he was training. I had to work just as hard as the guys, or harder than them.

My mom, Cheryl, worked two jobs to support me. She really helped the family stay together.

I'm very proud of all of my children.

I have more of a soccer dad. He was always the one taking us to sports practice.

I couldn't reconcile being a progressive feminist with being the mother of a male: advocating for policies that discriminated against him and targeted him simply for his sex, advocating an ideology that was a direct contradiction to my role as a mother to protect and nurture my child.

Women have different challenges. You have to be willing to put in the hours and work harder.

I just don't believe that a woman is naturally closer to her child than a man. Not at all.

I just want to be there for my kids.

I wanted to win, always wanting to help my family, always thinking about making the best of myself.

My family have done a lot of sacrifices to put me where I want to be. Everything I do is for them.

Of course, my children have my full support but they'll have to work hard and prove themselves if they want to make a career in film industry.

My parents gave everything. They sacrificed, they went to work. Sometimes they worked 24 hours, so they called friends to help us. They did everything for me to become a football player.

It took a lot of sacrifice from my dad. He managed to put cricket nets in our garden because he knew we had to practise every day. That would also keep us away from the streets.

I no fight for the money because I work hard for UFC for long time. I have money for my family. But I fight because I love it.

At the beginning, my folks were pretty upset with the whole thing at first, the music, the tattoos - but after observing the music scene I'm in now for a couple of years, they totally get it - they actually love it. They are so proud. My dad actually flew to Japan to see us play. My mom comes to the shows near home in Washington.

I was never planning on just making the UFC, I was always planning to be champion.

Because of my dad, I started playing the game. Seeing him motivated me to play. He's been an important part of my life.

I just want to work hard and have good fights.

I think I've worked hard for everything that's happened but I know I've had a lot of support from family, friends, and even at Florida State. My coaches and teammates have supported me in everything I've wanted to accomplish.