Greg Rutherford Quotes

My dad was working class.

I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My mother was a secretary. Neither of them got through high school. But they worked hard and they gave me very, very important opportunities to go to school, get a good education.

My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing.

I grew up a plumber's son in Philadelphia.

My mum was a dancer when she was a kid. Then my parents met and eventually had an art gallery; my dad taught himself how to frame pictures, and then he was a curator at an art gallery in the city I'm from. I'm an only child.

I come from an ordinary family - my dad is a carpenter, a roof-maker - and we've always loved racing together.

My dad was a New York City cop. His father was a New York City fireman. And my mother's dad was a city taxi driver.

My dad sold encyclopedias and my mom worked in a factory office.

I do realise and understand very well on a profound level how lucky I am and what a privileged position it is and what it's done ultimately for me, my family and my kids. But at the same time, there are moments in a man's life when you just kind of want to feel somewhat normal.

I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.

I didn't know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didn't know any arty types.

Dad was a bus driver, and when he finished work he would repair cars.

My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman. We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren't rich - but we felt secure.

My dad's family were pretty working class, actually.

Rick Santorum is the grandson of a coal miner. His dad was the manager of a V.A. hospital.

I come from a very working class background. My dad worked in a factory for 40 years. We all put ourselves through school.

My mum is a school teacher and my dad is an electrician.

My mom was a waitress, and my dad was a plumber who worked for the City of San Clemente fixing mains breaks, so not too glamorous.

I came from a middle-class family. My dad was a professor; my mom was a nurse. I didn't come from money, and I didn't come from circles of power. I didn't come from the country club; I came from the town park.

I'm not from an acting family. I'm from a working class family.

I take my kids to school. It's what keeps you normal.

I come from blue collar. I'm very working class.

My dad worked as a floor manager in a clothing mill in Dombivli and my mom is a housewife.

I will always do what I can to help others, but when I retire, I want to be a dad and a husband. I want a house and a dog in the yard. I want to have barbecues.

I grew up in Michigan and - where to start? I mean, my dad was a doctor who worked at a jail. He was more like a jail administrator. My mom was a public school teacher. There's no artists in my family whatsoever.