Passing Down Traditions Quotes

I remember Tim Meadows gave me a radio. It was a radio he didn't want anymore. I gave it to my grandmother, and she had it 'til the day she died. To me, it was, 'I got a thing from Tim Meadows!' I think my grandmother was like, 'I got a thing from my grandson!'

I think a lot of guys want a son because of all of the things they do while growing up. A lot of guys want to share those experiences with their own sons.

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.

Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.

Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps.

I am told that there is a proverbial phrase among the Inuit: 'A long time ago, in the future.' Let the children see our history, and maybe it will help to shape the future.

I never got on the course with my dad, but to be playing golf with my kids - that's a dream.

I have an evolving relationship with my father, and his memory, especially the older I get. I know that some of the things that interested him are things that interest me.

One of the great many things I love about being a father is sharing my beloved childhood experiences with my kids.

It's a wonderful feeling to be a bridge to the past and to unite generations. The sport of baseball does that, and I am just a part of it.

I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me.

My parents worked very hard for everything that they got. Their parents worked hard. It's just something that is passed down to you, and whatever you want to accomplish, you have to work hard to get it, and that's always been that mentality that my family has, and I think that's something that was passed on to me.

Then to have Brett come along and follow in the footsteps, it's so gratifying. I get as much enjoyment out of watching Brett play as I did of entertaining people myself.

I really feel that I've carried on my mother's legacy.

The last remaining thing that must be communicated to the next generation is an aging figure that still continues to change.

It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.

It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still doing it today with modern technology.

You've got these young kids out here that have to learn, but you learn from the guys above you. I learned from the Kevin Faulks.

Even if I wasn't in music, even if my father was a carpenter, some guy in Jamaica would go 'You're just like Bob. You're just like your father.' That happens in Jamaica all the time.

If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality.

My mother and grandmother raised me. Queens raised me.

I don't really collect anything. I grew up in a family that collected things, and then they'd get sick, and people die, and then they have their basements full of stuff that goes from one box to the next, so I try not to get sentimental with stuff. I just try to collect memories; I guess that would be it.

My dad died with a full head of hair, so I have that legacy.

We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.

The wish to pass something on to your children is about the most basic, human and natural aspiration there is.