Quotes About Legacy

I cherish my beautiful Italian heritage.

If you're an actor from New York, and you're Italian-American, you grow up hoping Marty Scorsese knows your name at some point before you die.

Football in Italy at the end of the '80s and beginning of '90s was the best all over the world.

After working with my father for two years, we started Candie's, a line of imported shoes from Italy. Then in 1982 I set out to start my own business.

I've always been fascinated with aristocracy. I'm really interested in the Ivy Leagues, the final clubs, all the really old-money families, the concept of old money.

Blue Ivy can say she knows who her great-great-great-great-grandfather is. How many people can say that?

Jack doesn't belong anymore to just a family. He belongs to the country.

My dad, Jack, had a great sense of humour and had a strong impact on me and my humour.

The game of golf was bigger than Jack Nicklaus when Jack was dominating the game.

My kids are deep. My daughter plays music. My son, Black Jack, doesn't forget anything.

To be chosen Mr. Basketball, I couldnt believe it. To be honored with Ty Cobb, Bobby Jones, Jack Dempsey... its pretty mind boggling.

I had a fantastic father, Jack Sharp, and I will always carry him in my heart as my father.

If you're winning Super Bowls, things like gold jackets can follow.

Jackie was speaking at a drugstore, and I said, 'I'm not going to get this opportunity again, so I better take my chances and listen to Jackie Robinson now.' Little did I know, I got front row seats, and next to me was my father.

It's not every day you get to be in a movie about Jackie Robinson, so you want to do it as right as you can.

It was a breaking period for black people coming into baseball, and how many followed depended on Jackie's conduct. But that's not the case now. What and how I do doesn't mean nearly as much as what and how Jackie did.

I have nothing but all the respect in the world for Jackie Robinson.

I may be going to Heaven or Hell, but I'll be going from Jackson.

I don't think that Michael Jackson died. He's probably dead now, but I don't think he died when they said he did. I think he wanted out of the game anyway, so he just disappeared.

Oh boy, I grew up hearing Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, sitting on Mahalia Jackson's lap in my dad's church.

If I was working on Michael Jackson if he came back to life, I would be ready. I would be ready. 'The Resurrection' Michael Jackson album, I would be ready.

Everybody wanted to be Michael Jackson. That's how Will and I got to know each other.

I'm going to be big like Michael Jackson.

I get a lot of my inspiration from the Jackson 5 and Luther Vandross.