CC Sabathia Quotes

I'm well in touch with my family, my children. I keep them on my answer phone, so if I want to hear one of their voices, all I have to do is punch it up and it will be there.

I have a very open line of communication with both my children.

I'm on the phone 24/7 with my kids talking to them about the ups and down of life, schoolwork, bullying, the great times.

I talk to my parents a couple of times a week. I talk to my daughters every day.

My stuff lives in Nashville but I live wherever my children are.

FaceTime is a life saver for relationships and for family.

I would love to sit at home all day and play with my kids. It's my favorite thing to do in my time off.

I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it.

Sunday is the day I connect with Buenos Aires. I speak to or text my mother every day, but on Sunday I phone everyone.

Witnessing the bond between a parent and their little ones firsthand really brought home to me how much I was missing.

The thing is, when you have a child with someone, like it or not, you're going to have to have a continuing relationship with them.

It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.

My mum is, like, my biggest fan, and she's the one who will basically do all the publicity for me back home... She'll constantly be talking to me saying, 'Dan, what's going on? We've heard this. Tell us about it! Dad wants to know!' And so I'll give them as much information as I can, and Mom and Dad are both my biggest fans.

I'm very lucky because I don't half get some juicy jobs. But I can't tell you the number I've turned down in the past 20 years because I wanted to be at home, looking after my son. There was never any question about that. Alfie and I are dead close. I can't bear it when he's away.

It breaks my heart that I don't see my daughters every day, don't get to hug them and brush their hair.

I talk to my mom like any other kid talks to their mom when they live across the country. You call home and check in about what you ate for your breakfast or if I went for a run that day or if I was in a fight with my friend. It's so normal.

I live for my children, so my number one rule is I won't go away from home for more than two weeks.

I have a house here in California and come back every month and a half to see my kids. And they come to New York.

My kids need to be around me. And the times that I'm out of town, if I'm not too busy, they can come to me.

I'm close with my whole family, but it requires email and texting because they don't all live nearby!

I love my parents so much. My day or night is not complete without talking to them - on Skype.

We Skype all the time - me and my brothers, and especially me and Dani. Anytime we're apart from the person we're with, we're always trying to be in touch and call.

Everything you worry about as a parent can be improved by sitting down regularly with your kids.

When I get up, I usually have a missed call from either my sons or my wife. Every day we try to talk on FaceTime, try to talk after practice and stuff like that throughout the day. Try to stay in contact as much as possible.

Fathers should speak with their children.