Quotes About Priorities

I'm really close to my family, and I really want one of my own. But the wedding, it's not necessary for me.

The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.

The only reason I got married in 2003 was for my children. I had a therapist who said marriage is really a container for a family, and that made sense to me.

It's definitely important to stay true to yourself and stay close to those people who you were close to before [becoming famous]. Family, your friends, and just not let that outside stuff get to you.

It can be easy to buy into anything. I would lose focus if I went with that attitude of wanting to be famous.

At the end of the day, I'm very convinced that you're going to be judged on how you are as a husband and as a father and not on how many bowl games we won.

I did not become a father because I am fond of children.

Being a father, well, I don't know if this is a change, but it makes me want to get out of here faster. Get off the clock. Just 'cause the baby is my reason for living, my reason for coming to work.

As time goes on you are given responsibility and other things to deal with. You become a husband and a father and there's another shirt of stuff.

Being a father is the most important role I will ever play and if I don't do this well, no other thing I do really matters.

If more husbands and fathers would put as much energy into their marriages and families as they do their jobs, the world would change.

My father instilled in me to take care of my family. Show up even when you don't want to show up.

Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.

When you're gone would you rather have your gravestone say, 'He never missed a meeting.' Or one that said, 'He was a great father.'

Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.

Be a father first. Don't put a priority of being a friend with your wife first, or a friend with your kids first.

Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career.

Being a father to my family and a husband is to me much more important than what I did in the business.

My father had a brilliant scholastic record in high school and was awarded a college scholarship. Unfortunately he had to turn it down so that he could continue to support his family.

My father told me I should marry the woman that loves me, not the woman I loved.

I've got a lot to look forward to. I'm trying to be the best father I can, and that's a pretty important role. Some would say it's more important than stopping pucks.

If I succeed in business but fail as a father, then I've failed.

Most mothers and fathers will shop more for a TV set than they will for a child care center for their child.

When I turned fifteen, I remember my father gave me a credit card which I was allowed to use for two things: emergencies and books.