My real name is Alfonso. My grandfather and dad are also Alfonso, so I was the third. So my mom just gave me the nickname Trey because I was the third. – Trey Burke
When two people break up, it’s all about them; they can’t see anyone else. And the people getting smashed to bits are the kids. Then you’re getting torn – your mum wants you, your dad wants you. You just get shredded. It has a long-lasting effect as well. – Vinnie Jones
Since I stayed in a colony where either one was an engineer or a scientist, everybody thought I would be a scientist. This was the expectation everybody had apart from my parents. Honestly, I, too, wanted to be a scientist. I think it was the way Dad would explain us scientific theories and concepts that made the subject more intriguing. – Shreya Ghoshal
I know when I’m not dancing, and I go home, I usually work with my dad, who’s an electrician. So I do stuff like that. I used to be a landscape gardener. I loved that job. But I’d like to be involved with entertainment. Singing or something, I guess. – Tristan MacManus
My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year. – Tracy Austin
I didn’t really get into golf until I was about 14. My mom and dad were taking lessons from a pro an hour and a half from our farm in Cohuna, Australia. When they got home, I’d ask my mom to explain everything they learned – drills and all. – Stuart Appleby
When I turned 11, my dad decorated a room at the Standard hotel in Los Angeles in a ’60s, Austin Powers style. There was human bowling: You run inside a giant inflatable ball and try to knock down pins. To this day, adults say it was one of the craziest parties they’ve ever been to. – Zoe Kravitz
Don’t force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. It’s the child’s desire to play that matters, not the parent’s desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun. – Tiger Woods
I think when I was a kid, and I was in England and it was all about The Stones, The Who, The Kinks and The Beatles and that’s what my dad was into. – Slash
I didn’t do very well when I was at school, so my dad gave me the opportunity to travel in Africa. I drove from London to Nairobi. It was incredible. – Sean Pertwee
I’ve been really lucky as an inventor. I’m the happiest guy you’re ever going to meet. And my dad died before he realized anybody in the family would maybe, hopefully, make something out of themselves. – Woody Norris
When I was a kid, man, my dad used to buy me the Ted Williams glove at Sears with the Ted Williams shoes with the eight stripes on ’em. I used to play Little League, and I was Ted Williams-ed out. – Tony Gwynn
I’m always amazed… I took my 11-year-old to an oceanography camp, and these girls came over to me, and my son was like ‘Oh here we go, Dad,’ because they had been looking. They were like, ‘You’re the guy, aren’t you?’ And I said, ‘Well, maybe.’ They said, ‘He is, he’s the guy on ‘Charmed!’ – Tobin Bell
Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare. – Wayne Rooney
I didn’t want to play a lawyer. I didn’t want to play a doctor. I didn’t want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up. – William Petersen
I bought Doc Martens when I was 13, and I wore them pretty much every day until I was 20. They stank, and my dad wouldn’t even let them in the house, but I was completely in love with them. – Suki Waterhouse
I don’t hear a lot about elected officials that are men talking about whether they smile a lot. My dad was in elected office my entire life. I don’t remember many smiles, and nobody commented about it. He was serious about his job, and so am I. – Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
I grew up in a broken home. My dad was out of the home when I was five years old. I never knew him very well. – Thomas Kinkade
My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn’t have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don’t be afraid to fail. – Sara Blakely
I’m proud to be Secretary of Labor. But I’m even prouder of two more important titles: dad and husband. I’ve been able to be all three. I want all working people, no matter what their jobs are, to be able to meet their obligations both at work and at home. – Thomas Perez
I watched Italia ’90 with my Mum and Dad and my brother, you know, leaping around the house when the penalties were on… It would be great to be part of that, to have that kind of impact. – Steven Gerrard
I know what it felt like to walk into school and have kids say, ‘Mr. Spangler’s here!’ And I thought, what if I gave that power to a parent so the kid looks at them and says, ‘Dad, let’s make a smoke ring launcher in the garage today.’ What parent doesn’t want to be a rock star? – Steve Spangler
They have had such a crazy life living with me as their dad. Not crazy but different from their friends. – Sebastian Bach
My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out. – Zosia Mamet
I’m very quiet. In the beginning, my brother would play the piano, and I would sing, because that’s what my mom and dad did. And then along the way, somebody teased me for even thinking that I could get up there. That stayed with me, and I became very shy. – Tyka Nelson