Eric Shanteau Quotes

After my mother died, I found, a little book of hers which recorded everything I had ever done, how I had done it, and how proud she was of her son Conrad.

My dad? He died when I was 19, which is a bad time for your dad to die, because there's an awful lot of things you have to resolve with your parents past your teens if you've been a difficult teenager.

I lost my dad when I was younger, and I know what it's like to lose a beloved parent.

My parents were very proud of me. After they passed, my career doesn't mean as much to me.

When you lose someone whose life was so extraordinary like my dad's, you have two options: You can curl up in a dark corner... or rise above it and dust yourself off and continue with their work. He will always be with me.

My son and daughter lost their father quite young, so we keep him present with us. It's just a daily practice.

I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.

I had a dad you know.

Going through the grief period of my dad and losing him - that was the worst thing because you know when you get that call. When you are seven, eight years old, you have that almost vision in your mind of what that's going to be like and what your going to feel like and it doesn't prepare you.

I have a mug that actually verifies that I'm the world's best dad. That's a mug. That's not me talking. You can't just buy those.

That was the toughest thing I ever had to do: tell my son that his mum was gone. I was a bachelor living on the beach, but I had to pull it together very quick for my boy.

I'm sure it's the same whether you lost your parent at 25 or 45. When they die, the responsibility to do right by them and honor them becomes more important to you, because they're not here to tell you, 'Hey man, don't be doing that,' or, 'Yeah, you're making me proud, or you're not.'

They teach you how to handle life in England, but they don’t teach you a thing about death. There’s no book telling you what to do when your mum or dad dies.

I had a real bad attitude after my dad passed of liver cancer. I was 9, and we were really close.

If you value your wins and you value what you've done over the course of your career, then you wouldn't want people harboring over a loss, even though you fought extremely well.

I lost my dad in 2009 and on my album 'Feels,' it's about all different feels.

Of all the success and everything we've achieved, I think I'll be a great dad.

When you lose a parent, it's a strange feeling. It's a hard thing to get used to.

When you lose a mother or father, it's still the hardest time of your life.

I lost my parents without them seeing me play international cricket.

Right after my mother died, my dad and I went into the studio and he recorded a song called 'I Found You Among the Roses.'

The passing of my friend and a great American hero, Dan Inouye, is a major loss for the country and Hawaii. But the people of Hawaii are strong and we will persevere.

When my dad passed, I felt like I had to grow up very quickly.

My mum died when I was 14. That is a kind of strange age to lose a mother. John lost his mum when he was 17.

T is the work of many a dark hour, many a prayer, to bring the heart back from an infant gone.