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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing.
- Pigeons
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- Nov 07, 2020
The beauty of where I'm from - this small little town called Wallburg, North Carolina - I didn't have a TV; I was out playing ball with my dad, shooting clay pigeons.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yeah, I shoot. I shot with my dad a little bit when I was little. He was a Marine, so it wasn't like he would take me to the ballet. We would go to a shooting range. It was the only thing he knew to teach his little girl how to do.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up learning martial arts in Korea; my dad actually brought in an Olympic instructor to teach me as a teenager.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music's always been in my home. My dad plays guitar, and I grew up listening to cumbia and salsa and boleros.
- Property
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have an enormous family because I'm from Montreal and my family's Catholic, so my dad has eight siblings and they all have kids and we all grew up in the same property on weekends and summers.
- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to have braces when I was a kid and I'm pretty sure my dad didn't want to pay for them.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thank my mum, dad, and home for keeping me in touch with my own country and my own land. I can be in the studio with Snoop Dogg or singing for Oprah, but I'm still me.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was a baseball coach, and then I switched to softball. Baseball was all I knew until I crossed over. It never seemed like a big deal.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love playing guitar. I grew up with my dad playing. But acting is definitely the forefront, I guess I'd say, in terms of career and something that I really enjoy and feel lucky to be able to do.
- Lawyer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never believed in pushing my kids. My dad was very unhappy I wasn't going to be a doctor, but I couldn't stand to see the sight of blood. And I wanted to be a lawyer since I was in seventh or eighth grade.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad truly believed that Christians should be involved in the political process and should make their voices heard.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad was always that way: who's the candidate that's best for this country? We can debate theology later - that was his famous line. I kind of feel like that's in my DNA.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my dad first started out in the police force, wearing the uniform was a sense of pride, and it was respected in the community for what the police force was all about. Unfortunately today, the uniform is a target.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do feel my African side, but I've always wanted to play for Germany. Ghana did contact me, but I told them and my dad that I was sure I wanted to play for Germany.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020