Neil Warnock Quotes

I walked out of the show business in 1968 because I thought that would be good for the family. It took me some time to decide but I wanted to spend more time with my wife and two daughters who were always beside me. I wanted to do everything I could for them.

I don't want to miss out on my grandchildren and my daughter, and doing Broadway would do just that.

I only tour in short bursts, I'm only ever away from my family and three daughters for a month or two.

My family life is incredibly important to me. I want to be with them as much as I can. I try to work in New York, or I work in the summer time when my family can come with me.

I tell her all the time I'd gladly retire and hang out with the kids and clean the house. I want to have a good life and great family, and from a professional standpoint I want to be successful, but it's not the most important thing at all.

I had the opportunity to be around my kids a lot. I guess I could have kept working, but I had them when I was 47. You only get to see all this stuff once. I just chose to work at home and watch them.

When I retired, I really wanted to spend time with my family and kids. Coaching would have prevented that due to the commitment of the job and travel that goes with it, too.

Quality of life is very important in France. I have many friends who turned down promotions and more money because it would affect their quality of life as a couple or a mother.

I don't even watch Fox News usually in the prime time hours because I'm home with my kids and that's more important to me.

I have the kind of life where I can take my kids on trips with me. I can involve them in my work. I've always avoided politics because I didn't want to make commitments that would take me away from raising these children.

Once I finish shooting, I head straight home and spend time with my family. It's only when I have to promote my films that I make public appearances.

If you want to spend weekends with your family, something's got to give.

I left 'Coronation Street' so I could spend more time with the kids because it was difficult getting a work life balance.

I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.

It was quite emotional leaving 'Holby' but it was the right time. I was working long hours and wanted to spend more time with my daughter.

I turn down really well-paid shows all over the world because I want to spend more time with my wife and myself.

I left wrestling to spend more time at home with family.

Flat-out, the time I wasn't working I was spending with the kids and my husband.

I love the WWE, I love the company, but I have two kids, and they want me home. They want me to see their recitals and sporting events, and I want to see them grow and evolve.

I would shoot for long periods in Chennai, and now I wish I spent more time with my family. That is what matters the most.

My priorities were taking the kids to school and being a mum and being a daughter and being a sister. Just spending a lot of that time with my family that I'd probably lost a lot of, touring with the Cranberries.

I still feel conflicted because I don't always get to spend as much time with my daughter as I'd like, given my work.

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. So it would have had more disadvantages than advantages for them.

It was very clear to me early on that balancing work and family was going to be very important.

I have two little children. I didn't want to be missing their childhood while I was away, busy writing about children.