Ali Krieger Quotes

I wouldn't be where I am without my dad.

People were saying I should work with a real coach, someone who has experience. But my father has been working with me since I was 12.

My father was my No.1 influence, long before him actually being involved with my youth team.

My dad's always been a coach and one of my coaches.

My ma and pa are both very artistic, so I suppose it's in my blood. But my ma's the one who was into theater and such. I owe my love of it to her. If she didn't drag me to small community workshops when I was a wee little lad or exposed me to anything artistic for that matter, I wouldn't be who I am today.

My dad was my coach in baseball and early on in basketball, so playing baseball was something we always did.

I learned a lot from my father. I'm very lucky to have a father who was a professional athlete.

My mom and dad always taught acting, so instead of getting me babysitters, they would just bring me to class.

My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in all sorts of ways, a wicked wit.

I grew up with my parents in the kitchen discussing the audition my dad had that day or moaning about something or other in the industry, so it was unglamourised and normalised for me from a very young age.

You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of us. They're exceptional parents but also great friends. My father was able to take his hobby, photography, and turn it into a beautiful career. So when they saw how much I loved acting, they were 100 percent behind me.

Well, my mum's been a tennis coach - she coached me till I was 12.

My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.

I wouldn't say I'm a mummy's girl, but I have grown to have a tremendous appreciation of her as a woman. I was very much a daddy's girl.

When I was young, I didn't like going to school, but I loved my dad. He was my professor.

My dad is my everything. He always had the craziest speeches for Kylie and me growing up, good words to live by.

My mum, Kathy, works as a GP and my dad, Mark, was a high school maths teacher. He now manages mum's practice and is also my cricket coach. We are a close-knit family.

I wouldn't have become the player I have without my father.

She was the one getting me to practise football. My father has helped in other ways but my mum was the one grabbing the ball and telling me: 'Come on! Let's practise now. Let's go. Right, right, left, left.'

I don't ever remember wanting to do anything but coach. My dad obviously influenced me. But it wasn't because he sat there and drilled coaching stuff into our heads. We were on the bench keeping the scorebook and traveling with the team on weekends. It was such a great upbringing.

Ronnie's lovely with his children, we see them often, and he's a fabulous step-father to Inez. He's such a good male role model for her and they're friends who laugh together as well.

My dad was around every second. Teaching me the game.

My dad has always played and coached, so that's what I knew. I played other sports but always turned toward soccer and had the same love for it as my father. They never forced me to play; I always wanted to. I was always around it.

My dad wasn't a power hitter, and I didn't think I'd be a power hitter because the person I wanted to be like was him, and he was the one that taught me to play the game.

Because of my dad, I started playing the game. Seeing him motivated me to play. He's been an important part of my life.