Tyler, The Creator Quotes

One of the things about being a boy, especially growing up without a father, is you really don't have that role model to teach you how to do things.

I always wanted to be like my dad.

When you grow up a fatherless son, in many ways you have to raise yourself. No one tells you what looks good on you, how to carry yourself, or provides the approval. Without a father, you grow up never knowing what you didn't have. There is no intimate model of who you want to become, so it's as if you're always guessing.

My grandfather was raising me, and in many respects, I was trying to understand what it meant to be a man. He was my role model.

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.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

I felt that Balanchine was my father towards me. He was the person I most admired and looked up to.

I was always looking for the same man - a strong father figure.

My role model is my dad.

For a man, there's a big responsibility that comes with having a boy because men are made by their fathers. If you've got a good productive man around it's better. I have such a close relationship with my dad and that responsibility to produce a good man is something I think about.

Some men don't have the opportunity to be the type of father they need to be, and I hope my example teaches them to step up.

I don't know how many roles I can ask my dad to play in my life, but so far, father, best friend, role model, mentor and grandfather to my children are working out quite well.

Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.

My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher.

Most every young man either takes inspiration from his father or wishes he could. I was fortunate in that I could.

When I came into the Perry family, it was one of those deals where it was the only family I had. I didn't have a father figure growing up like that, somebody who genuinely cared about me. Governor Perry taught me how to be a good man.

Who's my hero? That's a great question... Well, I think my dad is my hero, because he's someone I look up to every day.

I hope I can be as good of a father to my son as my dad was to me.

I think my dad is definitely my biggest role model, personally, just in my day-to-day life.

I don't know how consciously anyone looks for a father figure.

Everything I am I owe to Sterling Sharpe. He made me a better football player, a better father, and a better man. He was, and always will be, my hero.

I would say Triple H is the biggest influence on my career. He's almost like a father figure. If I slip up, or there's a problem, he lets me know.

Coach Spurrier, without question, has been the biggest influence to me, next to my father.

I'm appreciative that young males can look up to myself.

Some people shun the idea of role models but I think it's one of the most important things people have in life - role models, to look up to.