Richard Schiff Quotes

I was so fully involved in football and building a career that I didn't spend nearly enough time with my son when he was growing up.

I went home every night to New Jersey - or most nights - and to help with the six-grade math homework or to make breakfast in the morning, just to make sure that that was there. When I was single and didn't have children, I used to laugh at this notion of quality time.

There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them.

I have a child and I don't want to be at work all the time when he's small. I want to spend time with him.

Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family.

The advantage is I have my family with me all the time. When your daughter takes her first steps or says her first words and your son is going through potty training, I'm not missing any of those things.

One thing I've been happy as peach pie about - because I'm all about the children and the happiness of a woman because that makes the happiness of the home - is that nannies, day cares and babysitters are all collapsing, which is forcing moms and dads to raise their children at home.

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.

To have kids and not be there every night is tough.

The reason my kids come to the set is so I can actually see them.

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

Like some people they're into nannies and the whole social life and they don't spend time with their kids. I'm always with my kids.

Away from football, it is just family. I try to spend time with my kids - I have to spend a lot of time away, so every time I am at home, I like to spend time with them.

Even when I was out on tour I used to fly home on the weekends to be with my girl and be with my family to see my kids grow up and just be there for them. When they started going to school it was like that too whether it was homework or if I have to go up to the school I was there.

Fourth, come home from work and take an active role with your family. Don't put work, friends, or sports ahead of listening to, playing with, and teaching your children.

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 love my work, but there is no price you can put on what you miss when you are away from your kids.

I like to be with my children - not just quality time, but quantity time. I like to be there in the morning when they're waking up. I like to practice piano with them. I like to be there at supper. I need them as much as they need me. Working is not as important to me as being a mother is.

My sons are precious to me and I have tried incredibly hard to strike the right balance between work and home life while being acutely aware that I haven't always got it right.

I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it.

I just didn't work that much while the kids were growing up.

My son was born somewhat late in my life and I just found myself really feeling like I didn't want to miss out on being a parent and being with him, and not wanting a situation where I was constantly pulled back and forth between being present, and having all these other pressures and considerations.

When I'm home, the heart and soul of our family is in the kitchen. Growing up, my parents both worked, so dinnertime was for family - the TV was off. I think it's important to grab that time and really make it special, even after a tough day.

To me luxury is to be at home with my daughter, and the occasional massage doesn't hurt.

When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching.