Quotes About Fatherhood

I'm a good dad and a fair husband and I work quite a bit. That takes up a fair amount of time.

The only time I think about life beyond F1 is when I contemplate becoming a dad. But there's no way that's going to happen while I'm still racing. To be successful in F1 you need to be very selfish in lots of ways and you're away from home for long periods. That's not the kind of father I want to be.

My whole life is about racing, and of course everybody wants to do the same with your son. Being a father and doing motor racing with him goes hand in hand.

To this day, I am the least materialistic person I know, because my father didn't raise me to just go out and buy this or that car. The only reason I wanted to make money as an actor was because I'm passionate about food!

I don't want to raise a child by myself. I could do it. But I definitely don't want to. I want to be a mother who has the original father there.

I was raised by my mother. My father died when I was 15. He was just 41.

Through the marginalization of black fathers and encouragement of destruction lifestyle choices, the progressive Left has cut off one of the lifelines to raising healthy, happy, children intent on bettering themselves and their community.

My grandfather did a lot of things in his life. What he was most proud of was raising his family.

As an older dad who grew up in a rural culture in the South, certain things were expected of women, and that included raising the children. But I think it's just as important for the father to give the baths, to hug, to change the diapers, to tell the stories.

In 'The Hate U Give,' I play Big Mav', who was incarcerated for a number of years and is raising three children. He was a gang member but reformed himself, and he's trying to empower his children, help them understand the best way to keep out of trouble.

Men want to play a bigger and equal role in raising their children, but as a society we don't support them in that.

I play board games with my sons and they are very interesting and I have discovered a few which I was not aware of.

Because the designers at Baby Gap and Crew Cuts have determined it would be cute if kids dressed like their dads, seemingly every American male between 2 and 52 dresses identically.

When I get home, I clean out the garage and play ball with my son. That's it.

My dad would talk to players like Claude Lemieux and Stephane Richer and tell them one day his son was going to play in the NHL. How many dads say the same thing? But, gee, he was right.

Especially when you've become the father of two daughters, you hope the world can be a more gentle place.

The best thing after my son is my work - and he taught me to be genuine.

When my two boys were growing up and asking me about what I did and what kind of player I was I showed them all the matches from the European Championships in 1988 when we beat Germany in the semi-final and won the final against Russia.

Really getting married, settling down, and having a kid - that was the biggest thing for me. I realized, this little girl that came into my life, that I created with my wife, and how special is that?

There's no better feeling than making your little girls laugh.

I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice. And if you're always the new kid, you never get a chance to adapt, so your confidence is just zilch.

I am so glad my wife tolerates me. And we have three wonderful sons.

If I have a bad game I go home and see my daughter and I don't think about the bad game anymore.

It's great being a dad. It's like anyone, if things aren't going well at work, and you go home and see your missus and kid, then it cheers you up straight away.