Martina Navratilova
Related TINA FEY The decision to retire was quite an easy one for me because by that stage my knees were so badly gon... JO DURIE GIGI HADID She hugged me and she was crying really hard, more than I was. She was a little sick today and she t... IVICA KOSTELIC My mom told me if I ever got a tattoo, she was going to take it off with a potato peeler. JACOB DALTON I started growing it in eighth grade because somebody told me to. After I cut it, my mom was stunned... JAMES LARSON RANBIR KAPOOR It was time to start cheating and getting steals. I told my teammates to back me up because I was ab... DOMINIQUE JOHNSON Empowering girls is extremely important to me because, growing up, I needed those empowering women t... CASSADEE POPE I made that declaration and I didn't question it. It was clear to me what I wanted to be. My dad sai... CESAR MILLAN BENJAMIN ALIRE SáENZ I had a nightmare. So my friend asked me what it was. I told him it was him sleeping with my mom. He... MUNTAZIR M. I wasn't even playing tennis (when I first saw Seles). I was always watching (Seles) on TV with my d... JELENA JANKOVIC I was a little frustrated. But Coach did a good job telling me not to worry about it. She told me ju... ALISON BALES I was hopeful to be here. I was counting on my fingers what four months was, and my doctor told me t... BRAD FAXON It was examinations (in school) that drove my wits away, as all emergencies do. Being expected to me... EUDORA WELTY I wanted to be a criminologist, but my mom was always telling me that I should be a model. ESTHER CANADAS But with my mom it was different because I couldn't be my professional self. I had to be me - a daug... DIANE CROSSAN ANNE SEXTON SIMON MASHALLA When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I wo... HOWARD IKEMOTO GILLIAN FLYNN ERYKAH BADU B. B. KING TOM WOLFE DEBI MAZAR My mom was a free spirit, and she brought me up to be a free spirit. MARK BRADFORD PINK My mom was always keen I stayed in school and got good grades, and she was always keen for me to do ... IAIN DE CAESTECKER There was a modeling agency in my little town where I got my start, but the opportunity came to work... JULIA VOTH I was heartbroken at the end of that, because I thought that was going to be it for me. Somehow I ha... JASON SCHWARTZMAN DOROTHY HAMILL KATHLEEN TURNER My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me... DAVID ORTIZ HUGH JACKMAN The one time I had a moment of clarity was when my mom told me my soul was dying. I remember just sc... ANDREA PUMPER DONATELLA VERSACE I was just being obedient to what my parents saw in me. I was more interested in the things the wome... GLADYS KNIGHT I used to do gymnastics, and when I was (12 years old) my dad just told me to try it one time, and I... CHANTEL HUBBARD CHAZ BONO My mom sent me some Creative Memories products after my third child was born, and I loved it, so I s... KRIS LOCKWOOD SARAH DESSEN It was a great honor to be selected. My coach (George Braun) told me I was the first player picked f... JOE MANNING I looked up and gave them a fist because they worked as hard as I did for this. I appreciate everyth... MATT DIBLASIO JESSE JACKSON 38. “A wet bird never flies at night.” (My grandfather said that to me when I was a child and wa... JAMES C. DOBSON She did a lot of wonderful things for me. She really decided I should go to art school, which I did ... DORIS TURNBAUGH There was a point - when I was a kid - where I said I wanted to be like Luke Skywalker, with blond h... CHASKE SPENCER JENNA USHKOWITZ GABRIELA SABATINI I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself. KAROLYN GRIMES I spent half my childhood trying to be like my dad. True for most boys, I think. It turns with adole... TUCKER ELLIOT I'd had (No. 3) since I was 7 years old. I guess it worked out perfect with me and Stafford. They to... BRYAN EVANS But my mom knew this was my job and she gave me her blessing and told me to stay out here and do the... MARCUS TUBBS SARAH DESSEN From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always ... GAVIN O'CONNOR My mom never pushed me into it. In fact, she didn't want me to do it all. This was my choice - my ob... MARGARET VAGA DONNA BRAZILE MARK WAHLBERG I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage ac... LAURA LINNEY My father taught me things about body language that psychologists have been catching up with ever si... RICHARD GRIFFITHS I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. ... BARRY ZITO It was different for me because I was there by myself. I did feel that it was just me, not my team. ... BARBIE VINEY LUIS SUAREZ JENNIE FINCH JOHN LENNON JOHN LENNON EMILIA FOX My mom wasn't a fan of public school systems. She was scared of letting me go. So, she home-scho... BRITT ROBERTSON JULIE ANNE PETERS I was raised by my great-great aunt. I was adopted within our family. My mother had me when she was,... ERIC DICKERSON She was talking a lot of stuff about my mom. She pushed me, I hit her and it was done. CHRISTI NARDOZZI My first agent told me to change my name or I'd only play Jewish parts or Indians. Of course I r... MALACHI THRONE I showed my mom the movie then I told her the movie got bought and that it was gonna be shown in the... JASON MEWES ALEXA CHUNG JOHN MILTON I feel I had to grow up fast. When I was younger, my mom would go out and leave me by myself. When I... DANIELLE JONES CHARLIZE THERON I wanted to be around my mother's family. It was really important to me. That was the place where sh... MANDY SMOKER Ever since I was a little kid, I've felt comfortable in a suit. It all started when my mom bough... PAUL FEIG I was born in Fayette County, over in Lexington, Kentucky, but I was raised most of my life in Paint... CHRIS STAPLETON MARLO THOMAS She was in love with you,” he says. “And I don’t think she got to tell you, did she?”TESS SHARPE My first injury ever was a broken toe, and my mother made me run laps around the mat for the rest of... RONDA ROUSEY When I was younger, I didn't have the finer things in life. It was around me - the cars, the jew... LARENZ TATE I've always wanted to be a mom because I want to give a kid all of the magical gifts my mom gave... JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT TRACY MORGAN ROBERT ANTHONY If I had it my way, Harper and I wouldn't be standing in this room right now, we wouldn't be pressed... MOLLY MCADAMS My brother Trevor is theatrically trained. I used to watch him when I was younger and I was in love ... CHLOE GRACE MORETZ I was very ambitious. It all started because my first boyfriend dumped me when I was 14. I'd alw... JANE MARCH I went to Finland this Christmas, and my mom told me to make a list of things I wanted, and she fixe... HANNA SALONEN HARUKI MURAKAMI My father was Catholic, and my mother wanted me to go to Catholic school. That's what I did in f... EDWARD P. JONES I was popular. Everyone wanted to know my thoughts, give me things. I was king of my universe. After... JUSTIN BERRY I thought she was going to stuff me because she was coming right at my face. But I'm lucky I got it ... LIZ GRUBER NICHOLAS SPARKS For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever. LISA LESLIE I don't care what you do - baseball or politics - George W. Bush is always going to be compared ... ANDY VAN SLYKE JACQUELINE EMERSON
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I remember failing my Princeton interview. My mom wanted me to apply because ever since I was a kid ... 
When I was young, I did Baby Guess and Guess Kids - Paul Marciano saw me when I was a baby and decid... 
To be honest, I was born in luxury. I never saw the dearth of money, so money is not something which... 
My dad picked me up and rocked me in the chair. I felt small and weak and I wanted to hold him back ... 
All I wanted was a little piece of life, to be married, to have children.... I was trying my damnede... 
Nilipozaliwa nilipendwa na kuogopwa, watu walicheza na mimi lakini mimi sikucheza nao. Niliwapenda. 
I always feel sad for the girl that I was, because it never occurred to me that my mother might comf... 
I think someone else told him, ... He didn't even know who I was. It made me feel a little proud. I ... 
My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I w... 
When I went to high school, my most passionate desire was to be a professional baseball player. But ... 
My mom had me at 16 and took me every place she went. I remember going on peace marches. She tried t... 
My mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did, she thought it was an act of rebellion ... 
I always had short hair, and I hated my short hair. I was always mistaken for a boy, but my mom woul... 
Appearing nude on film was not easy when I was twenty-six in Body Heat; it was even harder when I wa... 
It dawned on me that acting was what I wanted to do with my life. Nothing had ever touched my heart ... 
My mother didn't want me to be in fashion. She was in the fashion business, so was my brother, a... 
It felt as if my body was, like, literally betraying me because I went from a very athletic, straigh... 
And that was it; it was so easy for her. My own memories did not even belong to me. But I knew she w... 
I was born in a slum, but the slum wasn't born in me. 
I wanted to be a vet when I was little, so it never really dawned on me that acting was my career, i... 
It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked ... 
She stroked my hair and told me I was beautiful, but I was old enough by then to know not to believe... 
If I could have gotten my way at an early age, I would have entered the priesthood, but my mother in... 
The environment I was raised in, you had to, to survive. 
When I was a kid, there were some people around me who were a bad influence. When I met my girlfrien... 
Dad was the pitching coach, while Mom was the emotional supporter. Her unconditional love was great,... 
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to ... 
When I was growing up, I wanted to be my half-sister Lucy. She was 14 years older than me and was im... 
She was in me, in my blood, invading every cell in my body. She was the one I wanted. She was the on... 
My art teacher told me I'd be suited to graphic design, but I just couldn't, because it was ... 
Ah, much deluded! lay aside
I can only hope to be 10 percent of the mom mine was to me. She encouraged me to be confident and en... 
When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all... 
My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life aft... 
Years ago I had realized I was blaming myself for it. People and doctors would tell me it wasn't my ... 
What would tomorrow bring? I wondered. Both hands on the wheel, I closed my eyes. I didn’t feel li... 
What was she like?"
When I was six years old my friend was auditioning for 'Annie,' and I decided I wanted to au... 
I think the key is for women not to set any limits. 
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I love producing! It's so much fun to start with a blank canvas and create the picture you want ... 
It doesn't matter how great your shoes are if you don't accomplish anything in them. 
One day you can be a kid, but another day you have to be like this is your job, you play tennis. You... 
Why do we get so angry at ourselves when we eat foods we love? Do you think guys walk around going, ... 
We've lost a lot of years, but you can't lose love. Not real love. It stays locked inside you, ready... 
But the people who mattered were the people you chose instead of the people who were yours by an acc...