I'm Latino, progressive, and I have deep roots in the working class - my father was a bracero, a guest farmworker and cook, and my mom worked as a nursing home laundry attendant.
— Jimmy Gomez
My folks, I don't think my mom or my dad ever missed a little league game or a football game.
— Jim Ross
When I was maybe three years old, I was obsessed with this song 'Leader of the Band' by Dan Fogelberg. My mom took me to the mall and bought me a 45 of it. We would listen to that song all the time.
— Jim James
It's impossible to put yourself first when you're a mom.
— Jillian Michaels
For a long time, I thought of singing as my mom's thing. I loved it, but I thought of dance as my thing.
— Jillian Hervey
Sometimes I feel like I've forgotten how to be the mom after the death of my son.
— Jill Biden
I definitely have a soft spot for women. I was raised by women - my mom and two older sisters. I've been surrounded by estrogen since I was born.
— Jessie Pavelka
I love being a mom. It's my favorite thing. If I had to give up everything and just be a mom, I would.
— Jessie James Decker
If anything gets in the way of me being a good mom or wife, I simply say no.
I ended up living in braids. It was the '90s - thin braids were very popular - and my mom took me to a lady's kitchen. I got it done, and I've never stopped.
— Jessica Williams
I have so much respect for my mom and all the women across the world.
— Jessica Simpson
When I was a little girl, whenever I would get sick, my mom would go and get stacks and stacks of VHS tapes from Blockbuster.
— Jessica Rothe
Well, my mom actually taught me how to fish. We used to go when I was little, like 5 or 6 years old.
— Jessica Mendoza
For me as a mom, not an allocated player, there have been some years that have been a difficult journey because NWSL doesn't really support mothers.
— Jessica McDonald
I always say I am a realist, and my mom says, 'No, you just have anxiety.'
— Jessica Chastain
I love what I do and I think it shows. As my kids get older, they can see me as a mom who loves working.
— Jessica Capshaw
Mom always liked me best.
— Jerry Van Dyke
No, like I said, my dad was never really part of the tennis. His involvement around what I did with the tennis and with my mom and my grandparents was really not a part of my life.
— Jimmy Connors
Finding the right amp can be a process, especially when you're young and just starting out. When I was a kid, I had to rely on whatever I got for Christmas. Then my mom got me a Peavey VTM 120. I used that for a few years.
— Jim Root
One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.
— Jim DeMint
One of my favorite things from my mom is a chocolate brown three-piece Chanel outfit. I had it tailored because she taught me the importance of fit.
My mom has always just been one of those people who handle adversity and challenges, and really everything, with so much grace and elegance. I saw it all the time.
For now I'm just enjoying being a mom. I don't want to be more famous and more rich. I want to be a good mom.
— Jewel
I started working out with my mom in 4th grade. She used to take me to the track.
When I got married and when my sister got married, my mom made us both individual cooking books with all of our family recipes and pictures and kind of the history with our Sicilian family, so that was really special.
I was always meant to be a mom. As soon as I had my kids, it just felt so natural.
I have a very close relationship with my mom, and I'm able to talk to her about anything.
— Jessica Szohr
Motherhood is a dream. It really is absolutely amazing.
I'm an only child raised by a single mom. She's always been supportive of what I wanted to do.
— Jessica Parker Kennedy
There were days when I would just go home and cry because it was that hard, but I didn't want to give up just because things got hard, just because I was a mom.
'The Joy Luck Club' is not a perfect film. But, I distinctly remember watching it with my mom - and bursting into tears after the screening!
— Jessica Henwick
Being a mom has been my most important job to date, and I take my job very seriously, and I have a lot of fun doing it.
I deleted my Facebook account when I was 19 because it didn't bring out good qualities in me. I figured, 'Well my mom's got a Facebook. If people want to find me, they can go through her.'
— Jesse Plemons
When I got nominated class clown in school, I remember my mom said, 'Don't be no clown.' So I went to my vice principal in my school and said, 'Can we change this to just the funniest?'
— Jermaine Fowler
She's very loving. That's my family. That's Michelle Lambert. She is my mom.
— Jimmy Butler
In December 1989, my mother died very suddenly, and that sparked a re-evaluation of what I was doing, and I realized I was mediocre at everything. I was a mediocre IBM employee, I was a mediocre entrepreneur, I was a mediocre artist. I decided that, although my mom wouldn't be around to see it, I wanted to be great at something.
— Jim McKelvey
I looked to my mom as an example. And this is what I try to tell so many women: that my mom had a career, and she went to the gym. She took care of herself.
Both of my mom's parents were music teachers, so I got a lot of knowledge about everything from classical music to jazz to musicals.
For dance recitals, my mom would do my makeup all extravagant because obviously I was really little and where else would I be wearing makeup? We would always be in her bathroom before the dance recital, and she'd do our hair and makeup.
My mom says that she caught me one day in front of the TV watching opera. I was trying to sing back the opera. She saw that I really liked music, and so she put me in piano lessons when I was about three years old.
— Jessie Reyez
My mom did this in the '90s. She'd put a bandana in her hair, cutoff jeans and throw flannel, and I just remember looking at her thinking she was the most beautiful supermodel ever.
I used to write about experiences that a 20-year-old would write about - going out with your friends, having a drink. You know, things were a little bit sexier in a different way. Now, you know, I'm a mom, and I want to filter some of the things that I say.
For me, I feel like I'm slowly accomplishing what I've always wanted to do. I've always dreamed really big, and my mom planted that in all three of my siblings: 'You guys can do anything.'
I try and borrow my mom's vintage stuff as much as she lets me - she has this amazing vintage Gucci that I love.
— Jessica Springsteen
I want to be as healthy as I can because I'm a mom now.
I think a lot of adults are kind of set in their ways. My mom is always changing. She's excited to learn.
My grandmother - my inspiration - was a single mom with nine kids, and she helped raise me.
Once my mom passed away, I have nobody to answer to. It's great.
— Jessica Hahn
I love the surprise element of being a mom.
I have a hard time waking up. No alarm clock works! It sounds childish, but I seriously have my manager, my mom or a buddy of mine wake me up if I have to be somewhere. It's a serious issue! I've been very late for some serious gigs because of it!
— Jesse McCartney
