The Mighty Hannibal Quotes

I am lucky in that I love what I do, but it can still be hard to be away from the kids for long lengths of time. At the end of the day, all I want is to be with my kids, but it's worth it to create a future for my family.

There was no drive because I wanted to become a great designer... I had two small children and a mother, and we all had to eat. That's the drive I had.

I want to spend as much time as I can with my family, yet I'm aware of having to bring home the bacon.

Because I had the children, I chose to have my studio in my home. I wanted them to understand my work and learn how to work.

I think having kids has been the biggest influence on my work since I started publishing.

My motivation is to keep fighting, to keep putting food on my family's table, keep making a living off of boxing. That's my motivation.

One thing I didn't want to believe in is that I couldn't have a family and do music at the same time.

My dream is to have a family, hopefully while still working.

I completely put all my time and effort into my kids and once I stepped foot in the ring, that's who I fight for. And that's who I work extra hard for when I'm tired, to feed my family and to make sure that they are going to be alright after boxing.

Television allows you to actually make a living, feed your children, send them to college and important significant things. To have the ability, the luxury, to make the choices of doing little movies where people cannot pay you.

I think my attitude has always been to put food on the table.

I so rarely turned down a role, that I can't say I have any regrets in that regard. There were many roles that I would rather not have done, but having a home and family requires that we sometimes do things we would rather not.

I'm a good dad and a fair husband, and I work quite a bit.

My singing is really important to me, but when children come along they'll be my main focus. I'd never put my career in front of my babies - it'd be a case of fitting jobs around them.

Acting's not my whole life. My children definitely come first.

I think you really have to become a parent to understand what you will endure to be there for your kids.

I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living.

I've worked with the great and the not-so-great. But mostly I've worked with men and women who loved their profession, and who like me, had kids to raise and houses to pay for.

I work to stay alive.

Everything's a real passion to me - my children, my family, my work, travel. I don't play tennis, I don't play music, but I have a great time.

I want to raise a family and have a couple of small Dirks running around. But it will not be easy to win my heart.

I have a fantastic wife, and not only in terms of external beauty. Her priority and mine is our children. That is our choice.

I have a family to support. And I'm not always going to be doing exactly what I want to do.

Mothers are the heart of any household. I try to spend as much time with my children as I possibly can while also fulfilling my professional duties. It is tricky, but I think I manage it.

I love being a mother. I think it's the best thing I've ever done, and I personally feel that it's had a very positive effect on my work. I think it's an encouraging force for creativity, it feeds creativity - it did for me, certainly.