- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad Quotes
The small stuff you inherit.
These dad quotes lean into small, specific memories — watching Monty Python over dinner, catching yourself sounding just like him mid-sentence, or joking that most of your audience is really just your father. For humor along the same lines, see our Jokes page.
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- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess if you are making more money than your mom and dad, you can set your own boundaries.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad has been to every soccer game that I've played in, both at the amateur level and at the professional level, and he always had great things to say whether we won or we lost, whether I felt great or not so great.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad speaks a lot of sense and keeps me grounded. He'll watch me play and, if I've done well, he'll have a quiet word with me and say, 'Well done.' If I've had a not-so-good game, he'll let me know about it.
- Footballer
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I hadn't wanted to become a footballer, Dad wouldn't have made me do it.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my dad was still playing, he was away for five years on and off, so it just used to be me and my mum at home until my little brother came along when I was five.
- Chamberlain
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad had a soccer school that he used to run, the Mark Chamberlain Soccer Academy, I used to go to that for two years until the age of seven.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my head, I was like any young kid: 'I'm going to be a footballer.' But at the same time, my mum and dad were making me do my schoolwork, and that was important.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad always pushes me, tries to make me do better, and maybe that's what gets the best out of me. He's tried to instil that in me.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad left home when I was super young, so it was my mum bringing me and my brother up.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, I played sports a lot. My mom and dad were divorced, but I hung out in the neighborhood a lot, and it was all about sports. I would be out all day on the sand lot or on the hockey rink. My dad would take me to baseball games, but he worked so hard, and he would always fall asleep.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad could be beyond brilliant but totally introverted. If we're talking about computers, he's on. Otherwise, he's a total recluse - he stays in the house and won't leave, and I'm like that. If I'm not working, I'm locked up in my room.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only dream I have in my life is to be a little piece of my dad, because he was really happy.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both my parents are Italian. My mom was born and raised in Italy. My dad was born in Canada, but then they moved to Italy.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid, my parents would always listen to a lot of Beatles, Queen, Elvis. My mom was born and raised in Italy, and my dad was born in Canada and moved back and forth between Canada and Italy, so they would also listen to all the big Italian stars like Eros Ramazzotti, Gigi D'Alessio, Tiziano Ferro, Laura Pausini.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020