When I signed for Vancouver, it was funny because my mom didn't really want me to move away. She was concerned about all my schooling.
Moving away from home was the biggest challenge. Leaving my mum and my sisters behind, I miss them a lot. But I wanted to do what was best for me, and that was what I did.
I love my job but it takes a lot for me to leave my kids, leave my husband and leave my dogs.
Every time I was playing basketball, I felt sick to my stomach. I didn't realize that feeling was having to leave my family - having to leave my sister, who can't even communicate with me when I'm gone.
It was a big step for me in the Netherlands: to leave home at the age of 18.
I have been away from home since I was 17.
'One Tree Hill' really had an impact on my life. It was the first time I left my house and my family in New York and went to a small town in North Carolina. It was the most incredible experience for me.
Before I left to go to college, I was living in Orange County, Anaheim Hills. And prior to that, I was in Long Beach.
To leave home, it's got to be worth leaving.
After that first month in Sydney, I went home for two weeks. I didn't want to ever go back because it was so hard.
It was tough moving to Italy so young. You don't have much experience of life, you are leaving your family and everything behind to go to another country and another culture.
When you are thinking about going away for a long duration mission, it has to be part of your mindset that you're leaving your family, but it's for the right reasons, for good reasons, and hopefully helping humanity.
I left home when I was 17 with Joe Williams.
I moved out of home when I was 15.
When you leave your country, it's hard to leave your family over there. My whole family is in Venezuela.
I personally don't think that blood ties should be something that signifies so much more than anything else. I understand perfectly when somebody leaves their family for good.
A lot of people criticised me when I opted to leave Italy for Russia. However, I'm convinced that I made the right decision to leave Inter.
I definitely had a hard time leaving for college because I'm not much of a risk-taker.
I came to London when I was 16 and lived with my older sister.
