Rashad Evans Quotes

As the oldest I was a daddy's girl and loved him with all my heart. My daddy had holes in his shoes so that he could pay for my photography classes, you know what I mean.

For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home.

To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.

It's natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn't have.

I maybe missed money in my childhood, but I didn't miss love, that's for sure. My dad wasn't there, but I can tell you not even once did I think I was missing something.

Losing a parent is a hard thing... I often sit here and think it would be great if mum and dad were alive and had a chance to see their grandkids grow up.

My mother is a very strange woman... She doesn't understand me in the least and doesn't love me much either. If she had either love or understanding she would be prepared to make sacrifices.

My mom and I have always been very close. She is my best friend. She had to make a lot of sacrifices early on in my life to make sure I got to do what I wanted to do.

My mother always thought if her mother hadn't left her, she would have been happy. All the problems she had never would have happened.

All I wanted was for my mom to say, 'I love you, and I'm here for you.' I never got that.

My dad gave up his job; he stopped working - for me. Without that, I definitely wouldn't be as successful.

I never got hugged as child.

One fight, I went away to train and my little girl was in Pampers. I came home and she was potty-trained. She was crawling when I left and walking when I came home. These are things I don't want to miss anymore.

My mum went above and beyond to make up for the fact I didn't have two parents. I was very lucky.

My dad sacrificed his relationship with me so I'd be stronger for it. But I could never do it to my kids - I like to have a happy relationship with them.

When I used to leave behind my wife and kids and go into training camp for nine weeks at a time, I felt it, especially if you're having young children and leaving them literally within weeks of them being born.

I don't want to be the dad that's not there. I don't want the kid to ever think that I wasn't there.

Don't just be a mystery to your kids. You need your kids to know you and know they can call you whenever they need you.

I've always talked about having a strong maternal instinct... when Mum was pregnant with Alfie, everyone kept saying that I was going to be really jealous of the baby. I took it upon myself to go against what everyone expected and look after him.

As far as I can remember, I was always with my dad. He exemplified what it means to make sacrifices for your family.

There were times I should have been completely emotionally available to my kids and I wasn't there, even for reading a book with them or watching TV or tucking my daughter into bed.

I love my mother the most in the world. She has seen a lot of poverty and loneliness and is very simple. Whenever I am in trouble, I go far away from her, as she is not at all strong. If I see her breaking, I break.

My mum has recorded all my programmes and not watched one. My dad says he finds it embarrassing.

I've always wanted to be what my father never was to me.

Everyone in our family just kind of leans on my mum.