My family, you know, are all still, you know, very close. We’re all still very close. Mom and Daddy are still alive. So, what more can you ask for? Your kids are healthy.

In this remark, McEntire frames “success” and contentment in terms of intimate, everyday blessings rather than public achievement. The repeated, conversational “you know” underscores an unguarded, down-to-earth tone associated with her public persona, while the list—family closeness, parents still living, healthy children—maps a hierarchy of values rooted in stability and gratitude. The rhetorical question (“what more can you ask for?”) signals a deliberate lowering of the bar from fame or wealth to the fundamentals of love, longevity, and health. Read this way, the quote functions as a quiet credo: life’s real measure is the well-being of the people you’re responsible for and connected to.