Charlie Haas Quotes

I'm very lucky because I don't half get some juicy jobs. But I can't tell you the number I've turned down in the past 20 years because I wanted to be at home, looking after my son. There was never any question about that. Alfie and I are dead close. I can't bear it when he's away.

Give your children all the time and energy. They need to be your number one priority.

My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.

I surf - that's the one thing I make time to do. I definitely surf a lot, but when you're working 15 hour days... all I want to do is get home to my baby.

I have said a lot that it's very important to me to make time for my child and make her the priority. I made sacrifices so that I'm around and not traveling for that.

I'm very lucky. I am one of those people who is able to go home, shut the front door and completely focus on the kids.

You want to spend time with your children even though you are tired so you do all those things.

I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.

I like to be home every night with my family.

I make sure I carve out time to be with my daughter.

I would rather be with my kids than anybody else.

When I hear people talk about juggling, or the sacrifices they make for their children, I look at them like they're crazy, because 'sacrifice' infers that there was something better to do than being with your children.

Every second I have spare, I'm with my kids.

I love my children. I spend a lot of time with them.

If I'm going to be away from my family then I want to make the practice count more.

I'm trying to enjoy my time at home and be around my kids.

I always like to play with my kids. I always have the time to do that. That's my priority, always has been, so just interacting with my kids, and being with them is great.

When you have kids, there's no such thing as quality time. There's just time. There's no, 'Ooh, his graduation's better than going to the mall.' It's all kind of equal. Changing her diaper and her winning a contest - it's all good.

I would love to sit at home all day and play with my kids. It's my favorite thing to do in my time off.

I like to be home with my son, kickin' it and watching ESPN, a very normal life. I like to take him to school every day, watch his games.

Being with my kids is the best, most fun thing; it's a privilege.

My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.

As time goes by the memories of sitting on the edge of a bed and reading aloud with your kid are going to be very meaningful in your own mental scrapbook.

I don't take pictures when I'm with my kids, for the sake of my kids. It's important when you're as busy as I am that you give your kids your time when you're with them, and nothing compromises that. I've been lucky enough to have fans that understand that.

My kids don't watch my movies. What I want to do is go home and hug my kids, talk to them and engage with them.