“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me.” — Jim Valvano
“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.” — Sigmund Freud
“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.” — Mark Twain