Celebrities share: "The best advice my father gave me"

Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:33pm EDT
 
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - With Father's Day being celebrated in a host of countries this Sunday, Reuters asked a few celebrities from the entertainment and sporting worlds to tell us the best advice their dads ever gave them:

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS - Award-winning singer and son of famous Spanish singer Julio Iglesias

"His favorite word was always discipline. He would always say that if you don't have discipline you won't get anywhere and I think he is 100 percent right. To be successful there are sacrifices that you have to pay. It does not come easy."

JUSTIN HAYWARD - Lead guitarist/singer of The Moody Blues

"My father taught me that "the most powerful thing you can be is an example to other people." He was to me."

JIM LINDBERG - Lead singer of California punk group Pennywise who has written a book "Punk Rock Dad" on parenting

"The best advice he gave me was about going to college. He said: "Just make sure you go to school, Jim. You can do whatever you want after that but just get your diploma first." That was good advice for me because even though I went on to join a punk band, it gave me a foundation to fall back on."

PETER CRISS - Co-founder and former drummer and vocalist for the rock band Kiss

"You can't buy class -- it's something your born with -- you either have it, or you don't."  Continued...

 
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