Gagan Narang Quotes

My parents worked hard, sometimes two jobs, to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table.

When I was younger, trying to afford football camps, my parents would sometimes have to miss bills. They sacrificed these things for me because they saw I had a goal.

My parents worked enormously hard to put four children through college. We didn't have a lot of money.

A lot of people in this country right now are living with multiple generations under one roof, struggling to make ends meet.

Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.

My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.

I am grateful for the lessons I learned from my parents' sacrifices. They often had trouble making ends meet, so we moved for them to find work. I remember my mom would sometimes take on second jobs, like ironing, just so we could buy groceries.

I didn't take the money route because I saw my parents struggle for survival.

My mum put herself in £50,000 of debt to service my sporting career. She did everything for me to pursue my dream.

Constantly having to think about money is not nice. People used to say, 'Being rich doesn't make you happy'. And I'd think, 'I've got no electricity, nothing - tell that to my empty fridge'.

We opened Panda Inn on June 8, 1973. The whole family - my parents, a brother and sister - all worked at the restaurant for free. We lived in a two-bedroom apartment in San Gabriel and didn't have any money.

My parents didn't have any money.

I remember when I was 11, I told my mom, 'One day I'm going to buy you a house.' And she said, 'Boy, don't you be making promises you can't keep.' I was like: 'No, Ma, it's not a promise. I'm going to buy you a house one day.'

Money often costs too much.

You have to pay the bills when you're a single mum.

My parents worked really hard.

I've never sold widely enough to be able to relax about money. I had two kids and their mother to support and my own life. So there was never an option of cutting out.

My family has always supported me a thousand percent. My sister once sold her jewelry so I could pay for gas money to get up to New York for a show. And that's amazing. But you get too much of that, you start depending on it.

I was broke from 19 to 26, borrowing money from my parents or my brothers or sisters every week to pay the bills.

I justified working so hard by knowing that I was helping to maintain the roof over our heads.

My parents took a chance and sacrificed their jobs and a big move to California. And they were like, 'Are you sure you want to do this? We're literally packing up this whole house.' And I would always say, 'Yeah.' I'm six years old. And they were like, 'OK, if she wants to do this and this is her passion, then let's do it.'

My family didn't have lots of money or anything.

My dad gave up his job; he stopped working - for me. Without that, I definitely wouldn't be as successful.

Many families teeter on the edges, not qualifying for the little support on offer, unwilling to seek it for fear of drawing attention to a household barely holding the pieces together, or hit by unexpected bills.

I gots to make the dough to support myself and my disabled moms. God bless her soul. I live to bleed for that woman. I want to go as far as my power will take me.