I'm having to learn to get the balance right, because if you want a full-time career, and you also want to be a mother who is there for your child, then you have to make sure that when you do spend time together, you're really there for them.
I think of myself as a mum who finds the time to go to work. I have to check myself for baby sick before I walk out of the house in the morning. I am really a mum... I know I am a great mother.
Eventually I want to be a full-time mother who works occasionally - and being an actor you have that freedom.
Love the one who wears your ring. And cherish the children who share your name. Succeed at home first.
To the Kenyan families, school doesn't really matter because none of them are going on to college. Almost all of drop out of school and so, they're spending their time learning things that are important to them.
I'm about caring, I'm about people, and I'm about entertaining people. I'm a family man. A husband. A father. I've been a lot of other things over the years, which we don't really want to talk about.
I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself.
The further I get away from coaching, the more I know I made the right decision. You almost forget how wonderful family life is.
I got married very young and put my career on the back burner for the most part because that's what you did in those days. I've never been a pushy, ambitious type of person anyway.
Life is different than it was in the Nineties. I'm a dad, and there are other things I have to get done in an afternoon than just being an artist.
At one point in my life, I was very involved with social causes. I'm still involved, but now I have a family and it's important to me.
When I was in my 20s, I felt guilty if I didn't exercise - now I feel guilty if I do. It's time I could be spending with my family.
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.
Luckily because I had a family and children, my priorities changed. I mean, I'm very passionate about my work but I have other interests and other things that balance my life.
I didn't have to leave Celtic and go to England for money. It wasn't worth the hassle, and my wife and children felt settled in Glasgow.
I like to go home early, that's my thing. My idea of a pub crawl lasts from midday until 5 P.M., then I can go home, play with my kid, have tea and go to bed.
Sadie," he said forlornly, "when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wishes, are secondary to my children's.
I don't want to miss out on my grandchildren and my daughter, and doing Broadway would do just that.
I've got my life. I'm very serious about my business. I've got my family. And I've got my game.
My mother wrote lyrics and sang but was overtaken by life with four children and worked.
People talk about retiring. I never said that r-word. People though I went away after the Olympic Games. I took time off to do something I've always wanted to be - a mother.
My family's the most important thing in my life.
My family has always valued my education.
Before I had a child, I had goals. And I still have to accomplish those goals, but now that I have a child, I have more goals to accomplish. So I can't waste time.
Be a father first. Don't put a priority of being a friend with your wife first, or a friend with your kids first.
