Quotes About Fatherhood

I have respect for what other people believe. What I believe in my own life is that it's a search for how I can do things better, whether it's being a better man or a better father or finding ways for myself to improve.

My father raised me from the time I was 12 years old. And it would never occur to me that I wouldn't be strong - I wasn't raised like that.

We have a beautiful little boy who is 18 months old and another little boy to be born in October. We are very excited about that.

I think dads let babies take more of a risk, maybe bounce off a bed more or jump off a couch or do more risk-taking things.

Over the years, I've had a lot of different jobs - newspaper boy, dish washer, naval flight officer, Amtrak board member, Governor and chairman of the National Governors Association - just to name a few. But my most cherished job - and frankly my most important job for that matter - is being a father.

I think losing my father was OK in the sense that it's cool for me not to have a father; it's normal. I'm supposed to bury my father. But what I didn't realize was that my father was my best friend, and that still gets me... that still irritates me a lot.

I never think I'm old enough to play someone's dad, even though I have a daughter of my own and a grandson.

My father wasn't around when I was a kid, and I used to always say, 'Why me? Why don't I have a father? Why isn't he around? Why did he leave my mother?' But as I got older I looked deeper and thought, 'I don't know what my father was going through, but if he was around all the time, would I be who I am today?'

I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.

The first time I played basketball was with my dad and my older brother Thanasis.

My father wasn't present, so my older brother felt like a father. He was only two years older than me so that was all I had.

It's harder to be a dad than an Olympic champion.

Some people think that your life changes for the worse when you become a father, but on the contrary, when my daughter was born, she brought light and joy into my life.

One of the things about being a boy, especially growing up without a father, is you really don't have that role model to teach you how to do things.

I'm glad that's one of the things I chose to do as a man - to be a father to my child.

The number one thing I've been doing is being daddy.

I've been married one time and I have one daughter, who I love more than anyone in the world. And that's where my world is.

I've taken blame about being a bad father - if being a bad father is working your butt off trying to create a career at one time.

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

My dad was an only child. His father raised him all but alone after his mother abandoned the two of them. He was only three years old.

Some guys didn't have fathers. Some guys grew up with great dads but the weight of fatherhood shifts onto their shoulders because they make millions now. Some guys are away from their kids or divorced. I'm letting them all know they aren't alone when it comes to fatherhood issues and to encourage them to make time for their kids.

Being a father at a later age is different from when I had my other two daughters when I was in my 20s and 30s. If you're in your 60s and you're with the kid every day, you're dealing with the mind of a child, so it opens up that childishness in you again.

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.

Your dad would stake me out to freeze if I let you fall and hurt yourself. He offered me his arm, which I latched onto gratefully. He wouldn't stake you out, I panted as we forced our way through the hard top layer of snow that was almost thigh deep. He'd just shoot you. Well that's a comfort.