Ali Sadiq

My mom, she would think that it was her, but it's really him.

Because for some time, I felt a certain type of way about him not being there or the things that I would see from other people's fathers or what I viewed from TV.

I was judging him based upon that and what I thought.

And I had certain feelings towards him.

And I didn't want my kids to ever feel like that about me.

I don't want my kids to think that anything else was more important than them.

Not being in the streets, not women, not gambling, not hustling, not anything.

I didn't want them to ever think that anything that I was doing was more important than them.

And my father...

made me at times feel unimportant to him.

You know, I played sports.

He went to one game.

Out of all the sports that I played, he went to one game.

You know, he came to one basketball game.

You know, I don't remember ever doing anything father and son with my dad.

So that's another thing.

I just knew...

Becoming a father, I would never be like that.

Like my kids are going to see me actively at their games or at their recitals or at their.

Whatever they may be doing, I'm going to actively be there.