Prithvi Shaw Quotes

I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls!

I don't cheer for anyone because my job is obviously more important, but the reason why I got into sports is because of my father. He's a giant sports fan and we are from New England, so he cheered for the Celtics and the Red Sox.

My dad is the reason I actually started watching wrestling. My dad was never big into sports; we were all big into sports as kids, and he'd go to our Little League games or whatever and not really know what was going on, because he didn't know about sports, but he knew about wrestling.

My dad is a fan of football, too, and did a good job of making me understand the history of football.

My grandmother and my mother raised me, but my dad made a conscious effort to be in my life - every weekend he would take me out.

My dad has been my coach since I was seven years old - from 7 to 18 is when he coached my club team - and so it was always in the family. He introduced me to soccer at a young age and also kind of molded me into a good player at a young age, too. Which then I grew to love the game and be as passionate as he was.

My father was my No.1 influence, long before him actually being involved with my youth team.

My sister Sonu and my brother Tony have taught me a lot. I owe them so much. Whatever I am today is because of my family.

The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It's so powerful.

My parents and my older brother played. You kind of want to do what your family does. They were on the court. I'm like, 'I want to be on the court, too.'

I never would've thought of going on 'Strictly,' I mean, I went on because it's my mum's favourite programme in the world.

My family played a big part of my success.

I don't spend enough time with my children, but when I am with them, I like to help them with their homework - even though they know more than me!

I wouldn't be where I am without my dad.

My family is my foundation. My sisters are awesome; they probably taught me everything I ever need to know about girls.

My brother Barry was into all sports, and so was my late father. For me, hockey was the one sport I loved and played. I didn't really pay much attention to the other sports.

Family relationships are just so fascinating - how they shape you as a person, how you can wound each other, how you're imprinted in a way by your family and the conditions under which you grow up.

I don't discount the privilege that comes with being the kid of two very great actors. All I can say is I'm very grateful that I've had their examples. And it's fun to get to share it with them.

My brother-in-law was a Tottenham fan. He introduced me to football and brought me to Tottenham. At the time I just wanted to play football so I would go anywhere to play.

It seems like all of my biggest life events happen when I'm actually at home in Cleveland around my family.

My family, especially my mother is my biggest strength. She has helped me through so much in life.

I always talk about my dad because he was a coach, and I became a coach.

My mom loves music and it poured into my childhood.

Every time I was off school, I was in Carolina with my cousins. So it was a big influence on me. I actually experienced straight-up racism out there, too.

My parents are both intellectuals and readers; my mother would take me to the library every few days from before I was one year old.