Kofi Kingston Quotes

I used to work until two in the morning every night, then still get up at six. Now, I have to help my daughter with her homework, spend time with my wife.

Before I had a child, I had goals. And I still have to accomplish those goals, but now that I have a child, I have more goals to accomplish. So I can't waste time.

I can't selfishly take journeys anymore because I have to take a little boy along with me.

You have to prioritize what you stress about when you have a child.

My friends who have babies can't do anything. You can't go out at night. Having a baby is like a DUI from the universe.

I never get to go to movies, because I'm a mom.

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 never understand why people have children and then insist on living as though nothing has shifted.

With families, your priorities shift. You're not going to be like, 'Let's go out on tour year-round.' I have kids in school. You have to lay things out.

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.

Once you have children, you're basically hunkered down until at least late high school.

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.

Before you have kids, you just have much less to worry about. It doesn't feel that way, but it's true. Once you have kids, your focus has to change, I think, at least to raise kids right. You can't just focus on yourself; it's too hard.

I would have liked having children to some degree, but frankly I haven't got the time to take the kids to the goddamn ballgame.

I did not like leaving them when they were little or big. You have to have priorities regarding what you will allow to take you away from your kid.

Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they're little.

When my son was born, I decided I wasn't really into working 12 hours a day. That slowed me down a little bit.

Life changes when you have a child, when you have your own family. You become more careful about what you do. You're not going to be out late, going out to clubs, hanging out with your friends. You're going to be at home, taking care of your daughter, playing with her.

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.

I have family obligations and all that stuff. I get my kids six weeks in the summer, which is a real intense period of time. I'm with them every minute of the day.

Your first pregnancy you have nothing to do except sleep and take care of yourself and go to prenatal yoga or whatever. Now I have a full-time job, I have a four-year-old, I've got a life that is demanding my attention, so I've gone to prenatal yoga once. It's such a bummer.

I think once you have children, you just don't have the same kind of freedom to pick up and go. But then, I sort of think, how often did I really do it? How spontaneous was I really? Part of what I think I miss is this fantasy of my wild days, but they never existed!

I've got young kids, so it suits me to do a job which keeps me in town right now.

I've never been a hands-on dad. I'm not ashamed to admit it, but you can't run a restaurant and be home for tea at 4:30 and bath and change nappies.

I think of myself as a mum who finds the time to go to work. I have to check myself for baby sick before I walk out of the house in the morning. I am really a mum... I know I am a great mother.