Donald Trump Jr. Quotes

My grandmother was the matriarch. I was the youngest of all the men in my family, so I kind of used them as examples and kind of emulated what I saw them do. So I didn't have to deal with a lot of bullying because we had a lot of back-up, so to speak.

I lived with my mom my whole life; her work ethic was ridiculous, and it hasn't changed.

If I'm half as good a dad to my two kids as my dad has been to me and my brother and sister, my kids will be lucky.

I think we are defined as human beings through our families, no matter what kind of family - through our relationships with parents, brothers and sisters.

I can't remember a time when my mom didn't work. She has forever been on the move: a go-getter. When my brother Adel and I had a paper route as kids, my mom would get up before us at the crack of dawn to drop off the Washington Post at different corners.

I am a daughter. My father is an example for me.

Good mothers and good fathers and good families don't always have great children.

My mom won't let anyone treat me like a little princess.

I stand on the shoulders of countless people, yet there is one extraordinary person who is my life aspiration. That person is my mother, Celina Sotomayor.

They've got great parents; I'm just trying to be the fun uncle.

I'm a diligent person, and that came directly from having hardworking parents.

My father has been my role model. And I always looked up to him - be it his management philosophy or his approach towards life.

Looking back, I see that I write books about brothers and sisters, about what makes up a family, what works and what is nurturing.

Parents should be the most important examples for their children.

I believe my readers are crazy about their parents and want to be just like them when they grow up.

I think if you look at most successful people, if you ask most of them, their biggest influence was their dad.

Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.

I was raised by a strong single mother.

I became the kind of parent my mother was to me.

My mother was a schoolteacher and very, very encouraging. She understood what it meant when I said I wanted to be a writer; both me and my brother wrote.

My idol was Terry Bradshaw, but my role model was my father because I saw how much he worked and how much he focused on his trade. I was brought up the right way.

A lot of my success, and a lot of who I am now, is because of my dad, and the way he raised me and taught me how to have a work ethic.

My dad was a professional footballer before I was alive. When I was growing up, he was the one who coached and mentored me and helped me to become what I am today. Without his coaching and without his insight and the days and the hours that he put in with me, I wouldn't be the player that I am today.

I had a very hard-working father and a very hard-working mother. My dad was someone that would get up at 5 in the morning and work 'til 4 in the afternoon and then had a hobby he made money with. After he'd get home, he'd have a meal and have a drink and then flow right into that, trying to provide.

Everybody's mom plays a huge role in their development and support. Mom was awesome. There is no one better. I had a good family. I had six brothers and six sisters, and they were all very supportive.