My parents are proud to be Canadian, as I am. They had a lot to do with my success and sacrificed a lot over the years.
In my house, education was the paramount value. And if you grew up in a neighborhood like mine, you were forced to decide early on what you stood for in life, because there were a lot of peer pressures that could take you the wrong way.
You sacrifice so much to get to the NFL. You miss recitals and graduations. Moments that you can't have because you're focused on being the best.
MindTree has grown into a strong company and has a great leadership team at its helm which can continue to propel the company in the future.
I have a better and more secure future in films, but I want to give back to the state that made me what I am.
Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away.
I've learned that creating a healthy, active environment for kids helps build the foundation for a successful future.
Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.
We want to do what is good for Cardiff and for the long-term survival, and hopefully Cardiff can be around for a long time and, God willing, be around in the Premier League.
From an early age I was told that I was expected to do more than continue to run a small business. Education was important and seen as a way of moving forward.
The U.S. is where I was given the greatest opportunity to turn my life from a very nice one to an exceptional one.
People are still programmed to think that if your child doesn't get straight As, get A-levels and go to a Russell Group university, that somehow they are not going to achieve in life. I think that's sad.
Everyone must have a shot at the American Dream.
I was hoping I could become a success to give my mother and my father a better way of living.
The single most important thing we can do today to ensure a strong, successful future for Wisconsin is invest in our kids early - because what we do now will determine what kind of state Wisconsin will be 10, 20, even 50 years from now.
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
I need all my kids to be educated and wealthy.
I'm very pleased how my children have turned out.
After all these years, I've done well and I'm cool. I feel comfortable in my skin, I've saved some paper, everybody's healthy, my kids are beautiful and smart, doing different things, it's all good.
I think it's a mother's dream come true to see it work out that way. Not just the mother, but certainly parents, to know that their children have a very solid moral foundation and religious foundation.
My parents came from a poor background and worked their way up because of education. They saw it as a way to succeed. So they cared about me getting straight A grades when I was growing up.
Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.
Right now, I have some big dreams. But at the same time, if I get annoyed and harassed by the media, I'll just quit. I don't care. We're set for life. I have quite a temper.
The success my children have had has helped me immensely. I've showed them a certain respect for this career.
If I ran into myself maybe seven years ago and told myself that I was gonna be an actor, that I'd be in L.A. working at Universal Studios with these amazing people, I'd be like, 'Get out of here. There's no possible way.'
