Shawn Michaels Quotes

My only regret in life is that I didn't spend as much time with my kids as I now wish I had.

I missed a lot of important milestones in my children's lives to pursue this sport.

I quit 'Magnum' to have a family. It took a long time to get off the train, but I try very hard to have balance, and this ranch has helped me do that.

I lost my passion for work. No, that's a negative statement. I just had a bigger passion for something else, for my son, and growing up with him.

I chose to be retired. I chose to start a family. That was one of the biggest reasons I got away from the game of baseball. I wanted to start a family. I was happy.

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.

I have my life on the field, but when I finish that, I want a quiet life with my family.

You can always go back, to coaching. You can't go back to spending time with your family.

I had my daughter, and with that came a deep sense of responsibility; my time for work had become precious, and it had to have more meaning.

I walked out of the show business in 1968 because I thought that would be good for the family. It took me some time to decide but I wanted to spend more time with my wife and two daughters who were always beside me. I wanted to do everything I could for them.

I figured out, I guess, that the job just makes me happy if it's not number one. So if it all works, great. If it doesn't, I still go home, look at my kids, and I have a big smile on my face.

I've said my piece. My time now is entirely focused on family.

I had a daughter who was 9 years old and I had the feeling I wasn't going to be a real parent if I didn't quit making movies for a while and spend time with her. I also felt that I'd made enough movies and said what I had to say at the time.

Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness.

You should never do anything too much. If you only eat healthy food, that is too much. Success is balance - a banker with no time with his kids, he's not successful. If he doesn't have time to walk his kids to school, that is not success - that is a mistake.

Eventually, I'll go back to acting, but for right now, my children are the most important thing in the world to me.

I imagine I will be less involved in film and be focused more on family and foreign affairs.

I don't want to miss out on my grandchildren and my daughter, and doing Broadway would do just that.

I was one of these people, especially early in my career, who balanced the equation too much in favor of my job; I spent most of my life focusing on that. But becoming a dad gave me back perspective; it brought balance into my life.

After I retire, for some time at least, I will spend my time with my grandchildren and my family members, because all these years, 50 years, I have not been able to give my time to them.

I left wrestling to spend more time at home with family.

After a 15-year career in television news, sometimes spent biting my tongue in the name of objectivity and balance, I retired to raise our two small children.

I wanted to retire at 55. Now at 61 with two young kids, I want to spend a bit of time with them.

Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.

That is the one missing link in my life. I wish I had spent more time with my children.