Quotes About Priorities

Basketball is my first love, but it's not my only one.

I grew up on theater, and honestly, I'm trying to figure out a way with a family and kids and living in Los Angeles to get back to the stage because it is my first love.

Music was my first love; acting was something that wasn't important to me early on.

I want to spend more time with my family, and get back to what made me enjoy making games in the first place.

The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say - or their beliefs - or sex.

I have learned that while your putting your record together you can get so caught up in making what you want that you forget what you wanted in the first place.

At the end of the season, the important thing is to be in first place. It doesn't matter if you score 15 or 20.

When budget cuts happen - which has been happening a lot in this country - after-school athletics and after-school music are some of the first things to go.

I enjoy writing. Would I rather be playing golf? No. Would I rather be fishing? No.

Its either fishing rods or golf clubs for me, one or the other.

I always felt that I would rather be out fishing or home with my family than at some cocktail party with a group of VIPs.

You know, you can only play just so much golf or go fishing just so often.

I've always loved TV very much, and as a child I was so religious with it, but now it's more when it fits in.

I came here with a lot of things that I would like to get done for my community and my constituents. Shooting hoops at the White House was not at the top of the list but would certainly be a thrill.

Why should blacks feel elated about seeing men walk on the moon when millions of poor blacks and whites don't have enough money to buy food to eat on earth?

Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am.

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.

When I'm filming I feel guilty about never seeing the children, but when I've not been working for six months I begin to think: 'Who am I?'

I'm not the kind of guy who cares how many hundreds I've scored.

When you're a mom and you have three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.

Who cares about the Golden Boot? I want the golden cup.

Some people train for certain sports and I want to train to be able to hold a super heavy electric guitar and carry luggage around myself because I always have to have 7,000 pairs of shoes. Who cares about sports?

It's great to have a job you find rewarding, but let's face it, we're not saving people's lives. 'Oh gosh, they've got a larger Winnebago than me!' Who cares? It's what ends up on the screen that counts.

I don't want to be doing fashion shoots and being interviewed about where I shop. Who cares?