Yıl 2001,Oxford Üniversitesinde Michael'ın yaptığı "HEAL THE KIDS" konuşmasından bir alıntı;kendi çocuklarının onu nasıl hatırlamasını istediğinden bahsediyor....
"I remember once when I was about four years old, there was a little carnival and he picked me up and put me on a pony. It was a tiny gesture, probably something he forgot five minutes later. But because of that moment I have this special place in my heart for him. Because that's how kids are, the little things mean so much to them and for me, that one moment meant everything. I only experienced it that one time, but it made me feel really good, about him and the world.
But now I am a father myself, and one day I was thinking about my own children, Prince and Paris and how I wanted them to think of me when they grow up. To be sure, I would like them to remember how I always wanted them with me wherever I went, how I always tried to put them before everything else. But there are also challenges in their lives. Because my kids are stalked by paparazzi, they can't always go to a park or a movie with me.
So what if they grow older and resent me, and how my choices impacted their youth? Why weren't we given an average childhood like all the other kids, they might ask? And at that moment I pray that my children will give me the benefit of the doubt. That they will say to themselves: "Our daddy did the best he could, given the unique circumstances that he faced. He may not have been perfect, but he was a warm and decent man, who tried to give us all the love in the world."
Yıl 2009,Michael'ın kızı Paris'in,babasının cenaze töreni sırarından yaptığı duygusal konuşma;
"o,hayal edebileceğiniz en iyi babaydı.Onu çok sevdiğimi söylemek istiyorum"
ve kızı,babasını tam da onun istediği şekilde hatırlıyor...Umarım da hep öyle olur...
