Allan Houston Quotes

What's interesting is often people think life changes when you have a record deal and you do all kinds of stuff. Obviously your life changes, but nothing changes your life like getting married and having kids.

Fatherhood has changed my whole life.

Having a kid motivates you to really take stock of yourself and how much of yourself you want to be reflected back in the actions of your kid.

My mindset at this stage, especially after having a daughter... it's just changed my whole outlook.

I've changed for the better. I'm much more selfless and humble and you're reminded about what life's really about. You love your kid so much that you just want to be a brilliant role model for them. It cleans up your act a bit.

My greatest sense of accomplishment has come from having two amazing sons, but it's also a paradox in that the times when I felt like the biggest failure have been times when I felt like, as a parent, I wasn't making the right decisions or succeeding in the way that I should.

My daughter's the greatest thing that's happened to me in my life and she turned me into a more responsible man, as opposed to just someone who's a perpetual teenager, thinking you're a man when you're not.

I'm really happy to be a mom, and I'm proud of the phase I'm in.

To me, having kids is the ultimate job in life. I want to be most successful at being a good father.

I don't care what they say about me when I'm through with sports. I don't want to be known as anything else in life but a great father.

I would love to fall in love and get married and have beautiful children. I mean that's one of the goals in life, I think, to have, and it's a beautiful thing. My sister has kids and all my friends have kids. They show me their, you know their report cards. And I can show them my sports car.

When you have kids you do grow up. I have just started realising it now-it changes the world, having children.

Having my son has changed so much of what I dream about. It used to be about business, business, what's the next deal? What's the next movie? Now it's about him.

A lot changed the moment I had kids; I had no idea of the perspective it would give me. It made making the right decisions a lot easier.

Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.

When you meet your kids, you realize that they deserve great parents. And then you have your marching orders, and you have to try and become the person that they deserve.

When you become a father, everything changes.

With every kid, there has just been a deepening of my humanity, because there's no more of a feet-on-the-ground moment than having a child.

You just become more mature as a human being, having a child. The stakes are a lot higher, things are different. It teaches you to be patient and it's changed me a lot.

Parenthood has made me more cautious.

Having a child changes your priorities. I am convinced, for me, it will be something very positive and give me even more motivation.

Having seven kids, you love being in a position where you know how you act, what you say, and how you help someone can ultimately impact their long-term success or belief or confidence.

As I've grown in the league and in life, having my kids around and seeing their growth and development is special and it's something I wouldn't trade for all the jobs in the world.

Parents teach in the toughest school in the world - The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, the classroom teacher, and the janitor.

Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.