Alfonso Ribeiro Quotes

As a child, as far as I was concerned, my dad had an amazing job, and we had all the money we needed. My life was so fun and carefree that I didn't realize at all that we weren't rich - until I met someone rich. Still, I've never met a rich kid who grew up as happy as I did.

I have an awfully good life.

I'm not complaining about my life; every moment of it has been fantastic, and I'm so lucky.

I am so happy that I am alive and can walk.

If I had known what it would be like to have it all - I might have been willing to settle for less.

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.

I mean, I couldn't ask for a better life, man.

Despite everything, I have few regrets. I have crammed a lot of living into my time.

My life is better than a lot of people I know. I'm definitely happy about that.

I wouldn't trade the experiences I've had over the past 36 years for anything.

I spent 50 years in the NBA. Can you imagine doing something that you love the most in the entire world and doing it for your entire life and, besides that, getting a pile of money for it? It's unbelievable. I'm the luckiest guy in the world. And I know it.

In every life, there have to be some shadows. Look at me. My life has been filled with sunshine. A beautiful and caring wife. Five healthy children. I got to do what I loved. How many people are that lucky?

I don't mean to complain. I wouldn't trade my life for anything.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

What better is there to sigh for than happiness, yesterday's or tomorrow's.

I am very fortunate, very grateful for everything that has happened to me, everything I've done, all the opportunities, so I'm very happy.

I have no regrets, I've had a fantastic life, travelled the world.

Making comparisons can spoil your happiness.

Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.

Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.

The more people told me that, you know, wow, you should be so blessed. Don't you feel blessed? And you have all this - mansion and all these beautiful things. And I said, you know - the more they told me that, the more depressed I got.

There's nothing about my life that I would have changed.

Every day is work for me, but it's also a party. I'm the luckiest guy in the world.

I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.