Quotes About Priorities

You don't have to sacrifice your family to be a great coach.

I'd tell any coach not to move for money... Stay at your job if you're really happy.

You're not on scholarship for school, and it sounds crazy when a student-athlete says that, but that's - those are the things coaches tell them every day: 'You're not on scholarship for school.'

I've found that it is possible to have balance between your job and your family, that there are coaches out there who are doing it.

Because coaching is a challenge, it makes you want to come back. But if you do, you know you're going to be negligent in other areas.

I'm sure at some point I will get back into coaching, but right now I need to focus completely on my kids.

I have achieved something in sports but there's nothing like a college degree.

So far as the colleges go, the sideshows are swallowing up the circus.

I'd never heard of colon cancer. Baseball wasn't even important to me. I have a wife and two girls. That's what was important. The doctors told me and all I could say was, 'When are we going to get this thing out?'

Still, it's tough trying to combine my acting career with my college career.

I won't try and combine training and a family.

I mean, something has to give. You can have it all at work, you can have it all at home, but you can't have it all completely combined.

Girls are having babies when they are younger and combining kids with work. I don't know if it's always been there or if I'm just more aware because I'm in this situation.

I like guys who are honest and funny. Looks come and go; I want to be 65 years old and laughing with my husband.

Money and other tangibles will come and go; they shouldn't be the foundation of your marriage.

I've said it before that fame money and women will all come and go in your life, so I'm not worried about the money.

You cannot draw happiness from things that may come and go. Career or anything should not become the be-all and end-all of life. It's important to keep a balance.

The only thing I'm afraid of is not coming home to my family.

I don't read Internet comments because I have other things to do, like walk my dog. And I don't really like reading, so if you're going to hate on me, send me a video. I don't have time to read a whole novel about how I'm going to hell.

At some point, I'll do more McDonald's commercials if I have to.

I don't understand people who write blogs and have children. You can't stop in the middle of bathtime and say: 'I'm just going to write a load of words - for free.' I won't do it - unless someone wants to commission me.

When I retired, I really wanted to spend time with my family and kids. Coaching would have prevented that due to the commitment of the job and travel that goes with it, too.

Before I started doing '30 Rock', I did about 25 movies. I'd always been doing stand-up every night, and then I would do, like, two to four movies a year. So I really liked doing that, and I want to get back to that, but because of the time commitment to '30 Rock', there's not much time to do that stuff.

Work has been my lover - I've shied away from any commitments.