Alan Thicke Quotes

There is nothing more important in my life than being a father. I will never allow any of my career choices or aspirations to threaten this bond.

I like to think that I'm a family man first and a professional athlete second.

The one thing that I have done really well in my life is be a father.

But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father.

I always thought that family was the most important thing in life, and no matter what I do, whether being a chef or an actor or a dancer, being a dad is what I do best.

I'm devoted to my family and my businesses.

I don't turn off being a dad. It supersedes being a baseball player.

I prioritize my daughter and my wife.

Right now, I think I have time to be three things, in no particular order: a father, a husband, and a filmmaker. That's why I don't go out - I have no space for it. I feel like one of those main things would suffer.

I'm a hands-on dad. I love my kids more than anything. It's very important to me. I'd give myself a 10 out of 10 for being a dad.

I'm a mom first.

My family comes first. Maybe that's what makes me different from other guys.

Having children really changes your priorities.

First of all, as a man the most important thing you have in your life now is your child that you're carrying. That's it. Everything else comes second; personally, for me, other than your relationship with God and your wife.

For me, family is life. The decision to start one wasn't complex at all. My career has been wonderful, but it's not my life. I don't feel pressure to get back to work.

Sure my career means a hell of a lot, but it will never come before Sandy and my son.

I love my hockey, but if you can do that and go home and just be a dad and husband, then you have the best of both worlds.

When you have a baby, love is automatic, when you get married, love is earned.

Family is 100 per cent my top priority.

A career is a career, but you're a mother until you die.

Being a father to my family and a husband is to me much more important than what I did in the business.

I have no regrets. I wanted to raise the kids and be a present father. When I developed a movie, I was gone for a year. That didn't really work for me. That isn't fair to make these life-forms and then disappear.

Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.

I love my boys very much. I want only the best for them and am committed to being a devoted father.

I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them.