Willie Geist Quotes

I really enjoyed my kids. They were good boys, you know, and interesting. And they didn't wear me out.

A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog.

The great thing about small children is they're portable, so we take them everywhere, but when it comes to 2015, Zachary's going to school, and I want to be there to drop him off and pick him up. I don't want to just be the father who reads them a bedtime story.

I may be boring, but it would be to wake up by my dog and then my daughter.

I still wake up every day and take my kids to school. It's supposed to be this way.

The focus of our family life was homework and what was for dinner; getting to ballet rehearsal and getting my brother to soccer.

When I grew up, I was in Manhattan the whole time. But my kids have been all over the world.

With the kids around, this is a different world to me. I spend a lot of time with them till they go to their playschool. I wake up early, have breakfast with them. I come back from work and am with them again till they go to bed by 10 P.M. Touch wood, this is what I wanted always.

I'm trying to be a good parent and set a good example. When I'm on the road, they don't see a lot of me. I see them every other day. It's pretty all-encompassing when I'm on the road.

The thing about being at home versus being out in the world working is, it's a whole different vibe. When I'm home with my kids and partner, I will cook - even though she's a very good cook. She's learned over the years. We started with basics, you know, how to saute onions, how to saute mushrooms.

Yes, I have four children. Four children with whom I spend a good part of every day: bathing them, combing their hair, sitting with them while they do their homework, holding them while they weep their tragic tears. But I'm not in love with any of them. I am in love with my husband.

I get up at six to work out. I've done it since school, it's always been part of my life. It's a good way to take the edge off. I like getting up early; I've got a daughter, I'm a single dad.

I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.

I love the routine. I love getting up in the morning and getting breakfast and packing lunches and doing the school run. Those things are really important to me. Because I think that those small but key moments are crucial for a kid.

I go to see my kids in school plays.

The perfect day for me is waking up and having a cup of tea with my kids before I drive them to school; Then, I go into the studio and try and write some music for three or four hours and give up about noon.

I spend most of my time at home dancing with my daughter to things like 'Frozen' and 'The Greatest Showman.'

I want to have some fun with my kids growing up.

I think about the milestones from my childhood and what it will be like to watch our kids go through them. Taking Riley to her first day of school was a whirlwind. I can't imagine what middle school is going to be like, and high school, and graduation.

My favorite holiday memory is making gingerbread houses. It's something I've done with my children since they were born.

I have kids. Unbeknownst to them, they are quick to snap me back to reality when I start feeling the pressure of being an athlete! It's a breath of fresh air to have two people to focus on; their happiness erases all the pressures I have on myself.

I have two young boys, and my wife is at home. Most of the time, I will cook the food, and we'll eat together.

The best gift from a father to his child is Education and Upbringing.

I'm sitting in the drive-through and I've got my three girls in the back and this station comes on and it's playing “Jailhouse Rock,” the original version, and my girls are jumping up and down, going nuts. I'm looking around at them and they've heard Dad's music all the time and I don't see that out of them.

I'm enjoying my retirement, enjoying my life. I have two kids and a lot of my time is spent chasing these two animals.