“It was tough at the time but when I was younger, my Dad. I would say my Dad, because without him I wouldn't have been here. I mean it was tough for me because he was really demanding. With him, it was never enough, you know, anything I did was never enough.”
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“I'm a military kid, both parents in the military - Mom did 12 years, Dad did 21, served in two wars. So discipline is something that was huge.”
“One thing my dad always told me, was he would make sure I always had what he didn't have. He couldn't play basketball because he didn't have tennis shoes - so I had five pairs of tennis shoes.”
“You always give credit where credit is due - to high school coaches, college coaches - but my dad, the foundation that he built with me, is where all of this came from. The speed, the determination, the mindset, just the natural belief that you can do anything you put your mind to, it all comes from my dad.”
“I think in my case, I had no choice but to have a good sense of humor. I grew up with my dad, Danny Thomas, and George Burns and Bob Hope and Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and all those guys were at our house all the time and telling jokes and making each other laugh.”
“The only ones I trust really are my Mum and Dad and those who are closest to me.”
“My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.”
“Money stress is what used to remind me of my Dad most.”
“My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four cattle that he gave to me when I graduated from grammar school, from the eighth grade. And those cows multiplied, and he kept track of them for years for me. And that was my herd.”
“My dad's not here, but he's watching in heaven.”
“My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo.”
“My dad was depressed a lot of the time, and there were a lot of things in his life that he never resolved.”
“I'd love to be a dad. I hope I'd be great at it. That's every man's fear, yet his most important job.”
“My parents divorced when I was young but I was brought up in two really loving households. I didn't have a contentious relationship with my mom or dad.”
“I come from an ordinary family - my dad is a carpenter, a roof-maker - and we've always loved racing together.”
“My dad's a scratch golfer and I've got the knack of seeing something and then replicating it. I saw my dad swing a club and I worked out how to do the same thing. My backswing and follow-through have been basically the same since I was two.”
“My mom and dad worked very hard to give me the best chance in - not just in golf but in life. You know, I was an only child, you know, my dad worked three jobs at one stage. My mom worked night shifts in a factory.”
“I wanted to make a point of basing myself at home, being close to my family. I'll never be able to repay Mum and Dad for what they did, but at least they know they'll never have to work another day. I'll do whatever it takes to look after them.”
“Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.”
“My dad and I played music. He teaches me a song or two every time I'm home.”
“Although my dad was a doctor, we weren't necessarily a super-artsy family. We were just a classic, traditional family who got to take a lot of piano lessons and became a bunch of musicians.”
“I'm the fun dad, I am also the disciplinarian.”
“You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.”
“My dad was this sort of avant-garde guy who did all kinds of weird things. He was a true original and anybody who met him never forgot him.”