Andy Ruiz Jr. Quotes

When I sold my first business, I wanted to do something nice for my dad. I wanted to give my parents a bunch of money, but they wouldn't take anything from me. They were so happy for me; they felt they didn't need money.

I bought my mom a car for Christmas. I don't even own my own car.

I did buy my mother a Range Rover and a new crib. It feels good to say that.

As a child, I remember I always wanted to make my parents happy and give them everything in their lives.

My parents sacrificed so much for all of us. It makes me want to give back to them by being the best I can be.

I love my mother and father. The older I get, the more I value everything that they gave me.

My grandparents, one Christmas, they did not have anything. They did not have money to buy presents. So my grandmother went to the orange tree outside her home, and so her boys did not go without for Christmas, she took oranges to her sons as presents.

My parents were hardworking and still are. Everything I do is for them and the family.

My mom sacrificed a lot for me.

I'm most proud of making my mom happy. Really. Because she gave me life, and she supported me. So I want to be able to give back to her.

It's because of their unrelenting, unconditional support and love I'm able to have the life that I have now and do everything I love to do, and that starts with the selflessness and love of my mom and dad.

I realized everything my mom had done for me: Anything we didn't have, she made sure we had.

Whoever you are, it is nice to treat your parents to stuff.

I enjoy what I'm able to give my family.

My mother is such an incredibly strong woman. She raised a family of five boys extremely well. She made us all strong, loving, caring people. We all support each other. I'm really thankful to her.

I owe my life to my father. I remember that my first Christmas present was a ball. In the district where we lived, there weren't many kids who had one.

My mother had bought a sewing machine for me. When I went away to college, she gave me a sewing machine, a typewriter and a suitcase, and my mother made $17 a week working as a maid 12 hours a day, and she did that for me.

Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.

It's nice to have money, but the first thing I did with money was buy my father a snow-blower, because my job was to shovel snow, and I wasn't there to do it any more, so I was able to buy him a blower.

My parents are wonderful people and they instilled in me an idealism for which I'm grateful.

The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.

My mom broke the mold. She put my brother and I first, always, and worked her fingers to the bone trying to provide for us. She taught us right from wrong and gave us very strong morals and values and belief in family, things that have stayed with me.

But I also like to shower my parents with presents. I bought them a beautiful car and a house.

My mother always bought our birthday gifts.

This is my present, you know. My present from Mother.