Shannon Lee Quotes

There's so much more to life than golf. Family is always first.

You just have to focus on what's really important in life, and that's your friends and your family and the life that you build.

I'll tell you what I'm grateful for, and that's the clarity of understanding that the most important things in life are health, family and friends, and the time to spend on them.

It is a great thing about having young children, is that they don't really care whether you're the chief justice or whatever, and they do make sure that you have a good perspective on life and what's important.

What I am trying to get across to you; is please take of yourselves and those that you love; because that is what we are hear for, that's all we got, and that is all we can take with us. Are you with me?

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

My wife and kids mean more than the belt or UFC or anything else to me.

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

The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.

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

The thing that I think is the most important is taking moments to express your appreciation to your partner. A thank you or a quick kiss can go a long way toward affirming your relationship and commitment to each other. That's not hard to do even when you're juggling insane careers and three kids.

As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.

I would rather be loved than have money and all that other stuff.

I realized that my family was more important to me than downtown night life.

To me, there's no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with.

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.

As I get older, I tend to put more into family than I used to.

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.

Being a son, brother, uncle and brother-in-law is all I care about.

I just have a great life. I know great people. I've had great relationships - all different kinds of relationships.

You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae.

My wife taught me the importance of living well.

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.

The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.

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.