Andy Stanley Quotes

The thing I'm most proud of is my family, the way they've turned out.

If you want to know my character, look at the kids I've raised.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

My greatest sense of accomplishment has come from having two amazing sons, but it's also a paradox in that the times when I felt like the biggest failure have been times when I felt like, as a parent, I wasn't making the right decisions or succeeding in the way that I should.

The most important mark I will leave on this world is my son.

I think the most important thing I have done in my life is to raise two boys.

Every NBA player, every athlete, I think once you get to this level in life, whether you have kids or you're about to have kids, understands that this is so much bigger than this sport.

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.

My children without a doubt are my greatest accomplishment. If I did nothing else I would feel just having and raising them would be enough. The rest is icing.

Obviously, I feel a great sense of responsibility being a good parent and raising my children. I don't take that job very lightly. Who they are, what they become and what they contribute to the world is very important to me.

There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.

Maybe I wanted to have kids because you want to leave behind lessons, leave behind everything that matters to you. That's how you touch the world. But I have to reconsider what it's like to leave a legacy.

Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that. My true gold medal, though, is my daughter, Karsen, who is 18 months old. And I have a wonderful husband, Mike.

My girls turned out great.

I hope I can be as good of a father to my son as my dad was to me.

A lot of my success, and a lot of who I am now, is because of my dad, and the way he raised me and taught me how to have a work ethic.

Everything I am today, I owe to my father.

I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'

I learned a lot from my father.

My biggest goal in life will be achieved when I have a family, when I have my own kids that I can raise myself and bring up based on what I know. I always think it's the wildest idea - raising a whole, entire human is insane to me, and I've always wanted kids.

I turned out two pretty good-looking kids. For that I am proud.

My grandfather has a big influence on me; without him, I wouldn't be where I am now.

We loved our dad. My mom loved her husband. But at the end of the day, I think, he did what he was supposed to do in this world. He had five kids and raised us right. That's the most important thing.

Having seven kids, you love being in a position where you know how you act, what you say, and how you help someone can ultimately impact their long-term success or belief or confidence.

I have brought up a fantastic family.