Alastair Cook Quotes

I have a child and I'm a parent first of all.

If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay alive.

Now, to be a father, that changes everything.

Children change you. They really do.

It's easy for me to say that now, now I'm a father, I've got a four-and-a-half year old boy, I'm a different person. Well, I'm still the same person, but I'm different.

Being a parent is the hardest job ever in life.

Fatherhood didn't change me in the beginning very much.

Something like a divorce does change you, but children change you more, and now I've had three.

I don't have children of my own so I can't say I know the plight of being a parent, but I can kinda understand some of the complexities of it.

Having children makes you see the world in a completely different way. When you're responsible for those little lives, you can't slough it off or forget about it until later.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

Parenthood is a very, very intense experience.

You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.

When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else.

Being a parent can be overwhelming at times, but it's something we're figuring out as we go.

It's amazing how being a dad changes your outlook on life.

I don't think anything changes after marriage. Things change in a big way after becoming a mother.

Having children is messy and easy to judge.

I've changed a lot because I am a father.

I think parenthood does change your priorities quite drastically in an incredibly good way - most of the time.

Children grow out of childhood, but parents never grow out of parenthood.

There's nothing more life-changing than fatherhood.

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby - awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.

I think parenting is a huge responsibility. It was in my time when I was growing up and there still continues to be that responsibility.

The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority.