Amy Alcott Quotes

Neither one of my parents played sports at a very high level when they grew up in Nicaragua.

I'm essentially a momma's boy with a good education.

I don't blame my own parents for the way I grew up, as quite often there is little choice in these issues.

I come from a wonderful family. My mother was a pianist and my father was a salesman. They were very middle-class, very middle-Western.

My own parents were very un-neurotic, so I never thought that I had to change enormously in order to become a parent.

My one complaint with my father as a parent is that, not only was he not a golfer, but also he was sort of opposed to golf. I was a country club kid growing up. I should have played golf, but my father thought golf was a sport for old men.

I was an only child, and I spent a lot of time alone. My dad was an only child, too, so we didn't have a big family, and I was really close with both of my parents. Like any kid, I thought I knew more than they did.

I do have a son. He's out of school now. He never played football. And it had nothing to do with me. I was actually crushed that he didn't play football. I thought, 'Oh my God, this is awful.' My brothers all played football. My dad played football.

My mom was tough.

My dad was young; he went to work. But he'd been to war. He'd seen some of the world. It wasn't like he was going to be an extensive traveler or something. It didn't seem to be in his nature or in the nature of his parents or many of the folks in my family, really.

I didn't have a father figure in the house.

My father is very dry and very quick-witted, and my mother is very silly. It was the perfect combination because I got an education in physical and verbal comedy.

I was raised with Eddie Fisher as a father and Connie Stevens as a mother.

On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against.

I think my parents undoubtedly influenced me on some level.

I spend a lot of my spare time with my family. My sisters, parents, and in-laws all live nearby.

My mom and my dad were both very sociable, meeting lots of interesting people.

While I have always had a good relationship with my father, much of the time it has been a very limited relationship until I was older. So you can't really give him credit or blame for how I turned out.

I play golf with my dad all the time.

I grew up in a two-parent household. We all played sports, all sports, which cost a lot of money. My pops was an attorney; he went to College of the Holy Cross with Clarence Thomas. My mom worked a bit, then gradually came home and took care of us full time.

My father was an amazing man. No person is perfect, and no father-son relationship is perfect. He wanted me to live my life my way and never think about what he would have done or what he would have wanted to do.

Each day the thought crosses my mind that when they get older, my kids are going to look back and think about how they were raised. I know they will have a lot of questions about things that may not make sense because they were raised so unconventionally.

My dad bought us boats. I think he thought sailing was a wholesome way to spend time.

We grew up in the South, but in a very liberal household - both our parents are from the Northeast.

My parents actively tried to discourage me from going into music - especially Dad, because of the troubled times he had in his youth.