Dominick Cruz Quotes

My parent's divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn't necessarily have had otherwise.

I don't like feeling vulnerable. I think my mum and dad's divorce affected me more than I let on.

I grew up pretty fast. I had more responsibility than most 9-year-olds, and I've always been independent.

During my childhood, I felt older than my years because I felt responsible for my brothers and sisters.

My dad left when I was 3 1/2, and he left my mom and I.

Because of the enormous responsibility, diabetic kids tend to grow up to be the most mature, most realistic people who have a natural desire to reach outside of themselves.

When you are no longer a boy, you have to be tough.

I couldn't relate to kid stuff. 'Jimmy doesn't like me!' Who cares? I was worried we didn't have gas money or food. Those were my concerns.

Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.

My father was gone when I was three years old.

I never really got nightmares from movies. In fact, I recall my father saying when I was three years old that I would be scared, but I never was. I was much more terrified by my own family and real life, you know?

I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well.

My mom, you know, took off when I was about 6. What ended up happening is I ended up being with my grandparents.

My dad was a mechanical engineer and a drummer. We had no money, but I never felt we had no money, and that's what I remember now, having my own child. I think, 'Oh so what?' Kids don't go around the house seeing what's wrong with it.

I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.

I was ironing my own clothes when I was 11 years old. My mental strength goes back to those days.

You have to be an adult; there is no sitting around and feeling sorry for yourself.

I was 25 when my first husband walked out of the house and left me with a 10-month-old. And a house payment and a car payment. But suffice it to say I have a lot of love in my life.

Pain has been part of my life. I don't complain about much. When you grow up with six boys, you can't show your pain, and if you do, they'll give you another piece of pain.

It's a long story, my life, growing up with my dad, my mom when she died, everything. I had bad moments in my life, my dad going to prison, I had nothing, and that's where I got my motivation.

Do I have the mental strength? I left home when I was 13 years old.

I grew up pretty fast because I had a lot of older brothers and sisters.

With my dad gone, I made a resolution to myself. I would become the man of the house. Adulthood was still more than a decade away for me.

Not having a father is big. You need guidance. I know, personally, when my father died, I needed guidance; I needed somebody to show me how to be a man, how to grow up, basically how to do the right thing.

When my dad passed, I felt like I had to grow up very quickly.