Quotes About Priorities

I was 36 when I got married. I was so focused on, 'You wanted a husband, and you wanted a house, and you wanted children.' I've had all those things now.

I'm focusing on me. I'm focusing on my family's security, my family's financial security, so that's all I can do.

We rob ourselves of so much by focusing on the wrong stuff. And the ability to get into the moment and deal with what is, that's the real opportunity.

Now I am just focusing on my daughter, my wife, religion, and training.

I was one of these people, especially early in my career, who balanced the equation too much in favor of my job; I spent most of my life focusing on that. But becoming a dad gave me back perspective; it brought balance into my life.

It seems as though if you go on tour with someone that means you're automatically going out with them. I'm just focusing on my music.

I used to think that if I was ever so lucky as to get a book deal that I would write all the time. All day, every day. I'd write three books a year. The truth, though, is that writing all day isn't really feasible. I could do it, but I'd be folding in on a lot of other aspects of my life, things I care about. And I wouldn't be happy.

A lot of folks would say that if I had been a little more selfish with my bat, I would have had a much bigger average. But that doesn't worry me.

Folks are serious about three things: Their religion, their family and, most of all, their money.

Food simply isn't important to me.

I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.

I probably watch less than one hour of television a week. And when I do watch television, it's usually a football game. Sometimes I'll watch a news broadcast for a few minutes. Otherwise, I don't have time.

After the love of my family, there's nothing more important to me than winning football games.

I don't care about the money. Honestly. All I care about is winning football games.

I always said I was good football player, I'm fine as an actor, but I'm a great dad.

It's tough. That's the side people don't see. You have to balance it, get it right, and be a dad as well as a footballer. That is part of the job. Around this time of year, it's so important.

People watch me because I am a footballer, not because I wear a nice watch.

We all like a party but when that 'becomes the main feature of your lifestyle as a footballer, I haven't got time for that.

I will have no distractions in my administration because we focused on doing what's best for the people of the state.

I imagine I will be less involved in film and be focused more on family and foreign affairs.

The music is fun and all that, but first and foremost it is a business, it's about money.

First and foremost, I feel very lucky to have the family I have, so I would like my family to stay happy and healthy.

My goal first and foremost when I walk into that boxing ring is to get home safe to my missus and three children, because they're all in life that need me, and they really do need me.

A lot of kids, when they get to 18 or 19, they start getting flashy and forgetting about the real basics of being a professional footballer.