Taylor Fritz Quotes

I think all of us could play the teacher because we all grew up with teachers. It's just kind of this peeking-over-the-shoulder presence that we've all grown up knowing.

No one can beat Momma. She made me the person I am today - the way I think and act and move and talk and speak. It's all because of her.

It was my grandmother who raised me and guided me.

I've learned a lot from my parents.

Obviously my parents have been a massive influence on me my whole career, taking me around everywhere and putting me in this position.

I don't think kids should have role models. They're disastrous.

I got really good input up until the age of 11, which is perfect. That's when adolescence starts, when I would have really wanted to rebel. Up until that point, though, it didn't feel like doctrine, and it gave me a great moral structure.

But I think role models also start in the home with your parents.

Role models should be people that you know. Like your mum.

My parents are definitely my biggest role models.

My father didn't make us fighters, he made us teachers.

I learned a lot from my father.

Growing up, I really didn't have a lot of role models.

My dad had a huge influence. He's my idol, and I'm following everything he did, looking for something I can use myself.

It's not just children who need heroes.

The prospect of being a father made me ask myself a question. How do you know what kind of adult your child will turn out to be? And how much can you control that?

You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

My mom told me as a youngster I was always intellectual, like as far as being able to adapt fast and quick. But I had a fun childhood, went to regular school.

I get a lot of advice from Mark Harmon, and I take it all to heart because I respect the heck out of him.

Most of my ideals and stuff really come from my mother.

I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence.

I believe my father has and always will be the strongest influence in my life, as he has guided me on many paths.

My father, obviously, and my mother were inspirations. My uncle, Frank Harper, he was an absolute mentor for me.

I was very fortunate to have some great mentors. A father that was always in my life set the example every day at home. Everybody asks me, 'What was your role model?' My role model slept 20 feet from me every night. I could always go talk to him and ask him questions no matter what it was about.