Quotes About Priorities

I notice that my characters go out to dinner and have fun and take these great trips, but I spend so much time on their lives, I don't have much of a personal life of my own. I have to sort of remember to fill out that little notebook on me.

When Courtney's mother and I first separated I tried to be Disney Dad, showering her with gifts, trips and then I snapped out of it. You don't have to try to impress your kids. If they're not getting what they need from you, they will let you know.

The hardest part of it was really being away from my family - I have two small children. Last year I took over 20 business trips, so being away from them was hard.

I think that what trips up a lot of great musicians is that they become involved with too many things that aren't where their strengths lie.

If you're a successful woman, chances are that you spend a ton of time working. You're probably on your email a lot, taking phone calls and going on regular business trips that don't involve your man. He can start to feel left out of a very important and very time-consuming part of your life.

It's getting too late in my life to care about the small things. It's getting too late to not be brave, to not live my life fully, to not try to be an artist. Trivial things like how nice your hotel room is, or if you have to be naked for a while, they fade away.

The things we obsess about today, in 40 years seem trivial.

I didn't grow up reading magazines; I was very much in an environment where that would have been deemed trivial, frivolous.

So many of today's programs are about trophies and jackets, and we think that's a big mistake.

The only way I'd have gone was if it would better my career, I would not have gone just for the money. The point was to go to a club that could win trophies.

It's not easy to part with the trophies. However, I do need to have some long-term financial security for those close to me.

I'd rather have 10 Super Bowl trophies and no MVPs.

I gave away most of my trophies, put away the plaques.

I've always said that I want to win as many trophies as possible in my career, but not at any price.

Some players are more concentrated on what they will do after their football career and want to make sure their lives are financially settled. I prefer to play in big teams earn a little less money and win trophies.

When I was 19 and 20, and 20 or 25 in the world , I was enjoying it. But now it's a rollercoaster and I just can't seem to find the commitment to work hard, to enjoy and to lift trophies. Maybe I have to look at a few things and maybe play less tournaments.

I had no desire to be an upward-mobile-rising yuppie with a trophy wife, a trophy house, a trophy car. I wasn't looking for any of those things. I already had what I wanted.

For sure, I don't do the right work but I feel holding a trophy or doing well doesn't satisfy me any more.

I've never been a trophy guy.

It's funny, when guests come over to the house, they want to see my gold medal first and my U.S. Open trophy second.

If the award comes with a check, then I want that award. But if it doesn't come with a check, then I'm not that interested. I'd much rather join NASCAR and get a trophy and a check.

As players, you never make one trophy a priority.

Too many times I have had to sacrifice a trophy or the chance of winning one because the owners have said you have to stay in the Premier League at all costs.

I don't keep a lot of the trophy stuff. I don't pay attention to it.