Andy Ruiz Jr. Quotes

I know I'm 25 now, but there's still that little lad inside me who likes his dad there to see him.

I have the best memories as a kid eating ice cream. It was a family tradition that I had with my father. It was nice.

When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver.

If I see a roll of Bubble Tape, a bag of Haribo Gold-Bears or a pouch of green-apple Big League Chew, I'm eleven again.

I baked the coffee cake recipe from 'The Joy of Cooking' over and over again when I was a kid.

I have been blessed with a family, mother especially, who started buying me fancy shoes from the time I took baby steps.

My father brought a basketball to the hospital when I was born, and he already had it embedded in his head that I would be a ball player.

My dad's travelled everywhere with me since I was seven, so I owe him so much.

I have to always go back to Tim Horton's, it's my favorite spot. I remember growing up as a kid - my mom, every Saturday morning she'd go the hairdresser and she'd give me two dollars to go buy donuts.

My father played five years for Valence in France's second division. I'd always cry when he would leave for training. Every morning, I'd say, 'Dad, take me with you. Please, please take me with you!'

My earliest childhood memories are of my dad putting a basketball in my hand and playing with me in our backyard.

When I was growing up, I always liked playing football, and my mum always took me to football games. I owe her a lot. She was my pillar. She was the biggest influence on me.

My father and uncles all encouraged me to play football: every present I ever got would be boots, kit, or a new ball, and that was just how I liked it.

When I was a kid, I couldn't see life outside ramen noodles and Kool-Aid.

When I was a kid, I loved having muffins and cupcakes and I still like them with coffee.

I love pies of all types. I especially love rhubarb. I grew up with rhubarb growing on our property, and my mom would make rhubarb pies and jam. I have to admit, though, my earliest memories of rhubarb were not fond ones, but over time, I grew to love it.

It started with my parents, my dad who taught me growing up, my brother who played as well. I spent a lot of time with him. Then, getting into the pro side, there have been a lot of people who have worked with me along the years.

In my formative years, when I was a little kid, I'd get out of elementary school, and because my mother worked as a nurse, I'd have to find a way to get a ride to the high school and watch my dad's team practice.

I grew up eating chicken and dumplings in my grandma's kitchen.

You can't beat a bar of chocolate between cheap white bread - there is nothing like it.

I have a very high love for the game. My mom would always drop me off at the YMCA downtown in Flint, and I'd stay there all day. If she couldn't take me, I'd take the bus there and be there until she'd pick me up when she got off work. I've always had the love for basketball.

My dad is my hero. We have a strong relationship around sport. It has been such a big part of his life and now mine, and for him to be one of my coaches is a great thing.

My mother was my pillar of strength.

I grew up very active, and my parents made me try every single sport there was.

That's what everybody tells me. "I would've had a great comic-book collection, but my mother made me throw them away." But when I was growing up, my mother didn't care. As long as I was reading, she didn't care if my room was filled with comics. I could have saved everything. I was just too stupid to do it.