• "When I was really young, my mom enrolled me in dance classes." - Jeff Bridges Tweet
• "My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role, but I think that happened despite my best efforts to keep myself separate from it." - Sarah Polley Tweet
• "I think there's a time to work, and everyone has to kind of adjust. And then there's a time to relax, and be the mom or take the kids on vacation when you need to wind down. So it's a matter of planning, and being able to map out your year or your week or let's start with the day. It is just being multi-tasking and being available." - Vanessa Williams Tweet
• "I was brought up by a single mom in a poor town in Arkansas and while some aspects of small-town life were really positive - like the fact that everyone there is really sweet and hospitable - there is also this close-minded mentality, and that naturally made me want to rebel." - Beth Ditto Tweet
• "For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home." - LeBron James Tweet
• "Work ethic has always been stressed in my family. My dad is going to be 80 years old and he still works part time. My mom just retired a couple years ago and she's in her mid- to late 70s." - Jamie Moyer Tweet
• "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." - Rory McIlroy Tweet
• "My mom being a psychotherapist, I've been brought up with that whole psychoanalytical terrain." - Helena Bonham Carter Tweet
• "What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?" - Louisa May Alcott Tweet
• "When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver." - Joe Theismann Tweet