No matter how I might feel about myself or my self-image, there is still a part of me that wants to fight to the end. – Willie Aames
‘Give up… it’s time to quit,’ I don’t think I’ve ever really accepted those kinds of words in my life or vocabulary. – Willie Aames
There is no other person on the face of this planet that I would rather sit and talk to than my wife. – Willie Aames
There are things God does for me daily, and it throws me into brain lock, because I know in my heart I don’t deserve that kind of grace. I don’t deserve that break. – Willie Aames
I had older brothers and sisters who were high achievers, and I felt different, misunderstood by my family. That’s not my family’s fault; it was my perception. – Willie Aames
I tell kids that people will let them down and people will hurt them. But Jesus Christ will never let them down and never hurt them. – Willie Aames
I started running away when I was five years old. It wasn’t until I was an adult that I realized what I really wanted was somebody to come after me when I was running away. – Willie Aames
When you go through a traumatic event, there’s a lot of shame that comes with that. A lot of loss of self-esteem. That can become debilitating. – Willie Aames
I’ve always been pretty tough in that way, where if you tell me I can’t do something, I will prove you wrong. – Willie Aames
This show has been a major revitalization of my family life and personal life. It gave my family an avenue to speak to me honestly. – Willie Aames
We’ve both been married before and our previous experiences made us fearful of commitment. – Willie Aames
I realized there was very little in Hollywood I would ever feel comfortable doing. If I kept one foot there and one foot in my Christianity, I would never grow. – Willie Aames
Cruise director is – I always laugh and say, ‘He’s the ship’s liver,’ because almost everything you can think of filters through you at some point. – Willie Aames
I’m cleaning toilets for $30 a day, because I needed that $30, and people are pointing at me, saying, Look at the big movie star. Look where he is now. I just said, I’m where God put me. – Willie Aames
They did interviews with my wife and daughter-they were genuinely in fear of me having a heart attack, working 20 hours a day, eating fast food. – Willie Aames
We’re seeing how the videos translate to the live shows and how the technology is really reaching kids. – Willie Aames
I suppose what’s unique about our presentation is the amount of Scripture that kids get. – Willie Aames
I didn’t want to be the typical teen idol. I didn’t want to be Leif Garrett. I didn’t want to be Shaun Cassidy, David Cassidy or Parker Stevenson. I wanted to do my own thing. – Willie Aames
Being a teen idol or being a heartthrob on all the magazines, with Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, and Scott Baio – it was embarrassing! I never understood it. I mean, why me? I never really got it. – Willie Aames
Pray for your mate. Ask God to soften your heart and show you ways to be a better spouse. – Willie Aames
