Getting slightly off-topic here, but practically everything House says about his father in the 'eulogy' applies to himself as well. Here an excerpt, courtesy of clinic_duty (how the heck does one link that?):
"This man you're eager to pay homage to, he was incapable of admitting any point of view but his own. He punished failure, and he did not accept anything less than — "
"He loved doing what he did. He saw his work as some kind of… sacred calling. More important than any personal relationship."