Kevin Pietersen Quotes

Really getting married, settling down, and having a kid - that was the biggest thing for me. I realized, this little girl that came into my life, that I created with my wife, and how special is that?

Really, it is all so worth it when you have your precious baby in the end.

It's just a great feeling, once you have a child.

When I had a kid, it was a game changer.

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.

I'd always imagined that one day I would be a father, but mostly it was off my radar. I admired friends who had somehow figured out how to cross that threshold.

You always hear people say that having kids changes everything, but you can't fully realize it until you have children yourself.

I want to be a dad. That's floating to the top of my list. I think it's such an important thing. I'm at the age where everyone has kids, and I ask them, 'Is it like a puppy?' And they go, 'It's 10 times a puppy.'

My daughter's the greatest thing that's happened to me in my life and she turned me into a more responsible man, as opposed to just someone who's a perpetual teenager, thinking you're a man when you're not.

Children change you. They really do.

All those things they say about a baby changing your perspective - it does!

When Mary arrived, I felt a mixture of emotions, including panic and overwhelming love. I felt a great sense of responsibility, not just towards my child but also towards her father. There have been many influences on my life, but that thing of finally becoming a family person was the greatest.

I knew I wanted children in my life. The acting was always in relation to it. Life at home is chaos. They're wonderful. They're such interesting human beings. I just love it. I'm lucky.

To be honest, I can't wait to be a dad. I really hope that that's how the cookie crumbles for me.

I definitely want to have kids. I've grown up around lots of people who were having kids when I knew them, because a lot of them were a lot older than me. And I saw the wonderful change in them.

It makes you more open, it gives you perspective, having a child.

Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.

After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.

A lot changed the moment I had kids; I had no idea of the perspective it would give me. It made making the right decisions a lot easier.

Having a child, particularly your first child, is such a life-changing moment. Nothing can really prepare you for that.

Having a child has been the most unexpected privilege, as I spent so long on my own thinking it would never happen.

You just become more mature as a human being, having a child. The stakes are a lot higher, things are different. It teaches you to be patient and it's changed me a lot.

I was the first Pea to have kids - you know how it is - I have three wonderful children, and when we talked about that time, and Fergie would say 'Tab, what is it like?' I always told her when the time is right, it's gonna happen for you, and God bless her, and I can't wait to see baby Ferg.

I'm a father now. I've got a beautiful kid. I'm a little more wiser.

Having a child changes everything.