John Roberts Quotes

The kids growing up is a separate strand to your life. However bad a day you've had, that's the most important thing, and you have to remember that.

My heart grows every day through struggling and love of my kids. It helps balance everything else - the work and the world. It helps keep me grounded and in perspective of what is really meaningful to me.

I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real.

I think the older you get, the more you realize how important life is, the more you think about your family.

There's so much I want to do. But after all I've been through, I realize nothing is more important to me than family.

Having a little boy has taken me to a very deep place. I am starting to realize everything I ever worried about was such a waste of time.

I think my parents did a great job of reminding me that I wasn't as big a deal as maybe I thought I was at times.

I've had a life of all kinds of experiences - most of them good. And I've got eight kids and a wife that puts up with everything I do and keeps me out of trouble.

Watching children grow up, you learn a lot about life and about being a better person - you learn a lot about what's really important in the world and what isn't.

When I was younger, I wasn't concentrating on good days. I was managing a career and trying to have a good year. It would always 'lead' to something, which never leads to anything except death, where everything leads to. And then as I got older, and then I had my kids and everything, I began to appreciate a great Wednesday.

My parents kept me very grounded.

Everyone should have cancer one time - then you'd know that other things aren't important. The guy that gives you the finger at the stoplight don't mean nothing anymore. You come home and something's cold, or you didn't get something in the mail. Big deal. You want to get up every day and see your family and your friends.

Having kids has been great for me. I have two beautiful step- kids, as well as my own new daughter. They've really helped me to keep my feet firmly on the ground, and life is good. I feel like I'm the luckiest guy here.

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.

Father's Day each year makes me grateful for what my father did for me. This has little to do with our relationship, and much to do with what he taught me.

All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an artist, man, I don't do that family stuff - has begun to seem really important.

Kids will keep it real. If I've ever had in my life a great anchor, it's them. They get in your head, 'don't get too famous.' If you think you're really famous and think you're really hip, go hang out with your kids for an afternoon. That's about as earthbound as it's going to get.

After my daughter was born, I made a promise to myself to live in the moment.

There's no doubt that motherhood is the best thing in my life. It's all that really matters.

The biggest lesson my kids have taught me is to find the joy in little things, along with a healthy dose of patience.

My family has taught me to keep my feet on the ground and be humble.

I surround myself with family. I have got the most incredible wife in the world and unbelievable kids.

Being a mum is the best thing that has ever been given to me in my life.

My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what's important to me.

The great thing about getting older is that you get a chance to tell the people in your life who matter what they mean to you.