- Nov 07, 2020
Son Quotes
Fathers, sons, and the choices made for family.
This collection of son quotes includes a mother recalling her young son's Christmas request, a man's reflection on parents who came to America from Jamaica and worked the fields and farms, and an executive explaining a career move made to keep his son in the same school. These are small, specific family stories rather than grand statements. See Family for more.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you have a son in football like Anton, it will always be deemed as if he got the prop up and given the contract, no matter how hard he works. So much so that when he was offered a deal at Chelsea, I advised him not to take a professional contract.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a 16 year-old son, so I'm now a soccer mom. I stand on the sidelines and I hear the things parents are saying, so I want them to understand what it is their kids are feeling in any sports environment.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad - I mean, we've had our ups and downs, you know, just like any father and son probably has. But, you know, we get along really good, honestly.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love when I teach my son a good lesson. But I love it even more when he teaches me.
- Relationship
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- Nov 07, 2020
I watched my parents act as completely equal partners in their relationship, and as a son to a woman I respect immensely, I never thought of gender inequality as a child.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ethiopia didn't just blow my mind; it opened my mind. Anyway, on our last day at this orphanage a man handed me his baby and said, 'Would you take my son with you?' He knew, in Ireland, that his son would live, and that in Ethiopia, his son would die.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah's Ark.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandfather had been on the New York City force with his 11 brothers around the turn of the century. He was killed in the line of duty. My father, who was 16, was the oldest son, so he had to quit school and go to work to support his mother.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
My career is really, really important, and I love it, but the life highs - like seeing my son graduate - need to me to be more important than the career highs, which are fleeting.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
The single moment when I knew that I had to get busy and do more was around the death of my son.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sure my career means a hell of a lot, but it will never come before Sandy and my son.
- Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am the son of Punjab-da-puttar after all.
- Wife
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020