Frank Gifford Quotes

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

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.

We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us.

We all know the personal relationship between Michel Platini and President Blatter. It was like a mentor and protege, or even father and son.

The country needs a father in every sense of the word.

My stepfather is my mentor. He's also like a father to me. He taught me how to be a man, how to carry myself and how to handle my business.

I don't see myself as a father figure but as someone who the younger players can come to and talk to about cricket. Not just batting but cricket in general and I am ready to impart with any information or advice I have.

All my career I've been like a leader, and a lot of people followed what I did.

Maybe I could manage someone and be the female Paul Heyman.

Ancelotti is like a father to me. He's always been close to me and supported me. He's won it all and I still have a lot to prove.

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 call him 'Daddy Coach.' He's taught me everything that he's known so I'm able to do what I'm able to do.

I'm sort of a father figure to a lot of these players.

In some ways, I was looking for a father figure, and I found that in Donald Trump.

When my children look and ask about what I do, they know I'm the boss.

Cus was my father but he was more than a father. You can have a father and what does it mean?—it doesn't really mean anything. Cus was my backbone . . . . He did everything for my best interest . . . . We'd spend all our time together, talk about things that, later on, would come back to me. Like about character, and courage. Like the hero and the coward: that the hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters.

In retrospect, golf for me was an apparent attempt to emulate the person I looked up to more than anyone: my father. He was instrumental in helping me develop the drive to achieve, but his role, as well as my mother's, was one of support and guidance, not interference.

I am starting to realize that a lot of guys look up to me, ... Older guys, and even younger guys, are asking me questions and [they] ask me about how to handle situations. Im young, but that leadership role has been on me so I need to live up to it.

I am a prelude to better players, O my brothers! An example! Follow my example!

A true pioneer who to me was like a father when I first came into the Dodger organization. He (Walter O'Malley) stood by me, and after my injury he stood by me and helped me through all of my crises.

I like my father being the boss in my life

I know I touch a lot of people. I don't call myself a role model. But I am a leader. Leaders are always watched by team members & outsiders

I think my father is probably the best coach ever because, if we talk about numbers, he's got a lot and he's only had two players.