Jim Kelly Quotes

It is amazing how a new child can refocus one's direction seconds after its birth.

As a father, I do everything my dad didn't do. My son Beau's birth changed my life.

All parents remember the moment when they first held their children - the tiny crumpled face, an entire new person, emerging from the hospital blanket.

Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift.

The most important part of my life came in San Sebastian: my new family.

The births of my two girls were wonderful - I felt proud to have helped bring new life into this world.

Some people think that your life changes for the worse when you become a father, but on the contrary, when my daughter was born, she brought light and joy into my life.

Normally, my birthdays are very quiet. I go to the temple with my family and later take blessing from my parents. A few friends come over to my house, and we talk about the year gone by.

I got pregnant five or six months after I retired, and then it was off to the races! It was a complete change of gears, and I was refocusing my life on my family.

He's amazing. He's a really dedicated father. I feel very blessed that every day I wake up and I live with my favourite people in the world, as well as my best friend.

The 20th anniversary of my dad David's death coincided with my 50th Test cap and for it to be my mum Janet's birthday, too, made it an emotional few days. It was not an easy week, being the Pink Test and my mum having had breast cancer twice.

How happy am I on a scale of one to 10? When you have a daughter, it's 10 out of 10. It doesn't matter what happens. The joy that I get from that, I try to give it to my football.

I like spending time with my family and friends on my birthday.

My life has taken on a different course. I've got a responsibility now not just as a husband but as a father.

There's definitely something special about a working birthday, it's the perfect way to bring in the new birthday year!

I've been married 23 years now. Gone from spending all of my time on the road to being a husband and father.

Before, I would spend all my hours at training, come home, sleep, eat, watch football, sleep, and go back to training the next day. Now I do the school run, train, pick up my daughter. I am living in the real world. I am a father now. That has given me more satisfaction than football.

It would be incredible to be a dad and raise a family.

Having a little boy gave me a foundation and centred my life a bit more.

Growing up, as a kid, my father was always there.

I always knew one day fatherhood would be great, I just didn't think it would be this great.

Life after the White House found Dad enjoying having his grandchildren around and letting go of all the enormous burden he shouldered throughout his public life.

Two weeks into looking after a newborn, you don't necessarily feel as if you've got it all under control. It's just turned your life absolutely upside down, and I think there are a lot of parents who would feel that having the opportunity for both parents to be around in those early weeks would be something that would be really, really valuable.

Every year, I think you earn the right to eat cake on your birthday.

I've got a lovely family now, I've got two boys.