Melinda McGraw Quotes

I've been here for nine years, and over that time, these people have become like my family.

People wonder if I'll always be a part of this family and the answer is yes. My family has a lot of good energy going in one direction and because of it, we get a lot of things done. That's why I'll always spend a lot of time at Camp Phoenix.

The way I grew up, when you're married, you have to stay married together.

I do belong to Jersey. There's no doubt about that in my mind. They have been so loyal and so good to me; how could I possibly belong any place else?

Santa Barbara is my hood. I mean, it's not much of a hood, but it is definitely like my hood. I claim Santa Barbara like I claim my family. I'm going to be married and buried there.

Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.

Jack doesn't belong anymore to just a family. He belongs to the country.

When I meet a new person, I am on the lookout for signs of what he or she is loyal to. It is a preliminary clue to the sense of belonging, and hence of his or her humanity.

So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it.

A lot of people resent that I've been in someone's life for 50 years. Why shouldn't people have an affection for me and what I've done? Didn't I have to be genuine for them to buy into what I did? There are children who grow up today who will not have that when they're 55 years old. With whom will they have it? Name an example for me.

I have a beautiful family. I want to be here, for my family.

I love America the way I love my family - I was born into it. And there's no escape out of it.

I'm not going to break up my family, not for a book.

I think a sense of family, of commitment to family, and of helping each other and standing by each other, are essential. I pity anyone who doesn't grow up with that.

In 'The Sopranos,' these guys know their best years are behind them. They have nostalgia for their old traditions. In their minds, they're looking for a time when loyalty mattered, community mattered. E Street is about community, too. People are looking for something real.

I've always been a huge family person. Growing up with such a huge family, it was just amazing, so coming home to that is always awesome and... it makes me happy.

I love being at Kentucky. I love the fan base. I love the community. I love the people there. So it's like, why not stay until they make you leave?

I call The National my family, and I'll be doing that as long as I want to.

Indy, this is my home. I am a Colt. I'm here forever. You aren't getting rid of me.

I want to be where I'm wanted, and that's what I've said all along. When a team is willing to step up and commit to me fully for the long haul, then why would I want to be anywhere else?

For some reason I have always felt at home here at Inter and this is why I have never thought of leaving.

I have much to be grateful for at Bayern, and I feel super comfortable. I can't imagine being at another club.

Everyone knows I'm very close to my family, my hometown, my homeland.

I am a family-oriented person.

Sticking with your family is what makes it a family.