Quotes About Legacy

Can you be a nicer gentleman, or a better man for your sport or your kids than Joe Paterno?

Like in any other field, nepotism does exist in Bollywood. In certain families, one can see several generations of doctors or engineers, but all of this doesn't matter much; if you are passionate enough, you will be able to create a niche for yourself in whichever field you are working for.

Nick Diaz is in the top five welterweights of all time in my eyes. Georges St-Pierre is the number one welterweight in my eyes.

If I had a nickel every time someone asked me if I was going into the Hall of Fame, then... I could buy a lot of stuff.

No one knows exactly when I got the nickname Doro, but I've been called that as long as anyone can remember.

I want to see my niece and nephew grow up, to see their children... I get crazy at the idea that a time will come when I won't see Daniel and Allegra anymore.

Why should I marry? One marries to have children, but I already have children! My nieces and nephews are my children.

My grandma was raised in Ghana, and she went back there to work, so she could earn money for my mum's education in Nigeria. It's where it all began, and that dedication to education is the only reason I'm here.

I'd always been interested in Nigeria's past.

My nickname is 'Chief' because my father was a chief in Nigeria.

With a name like Cush Jumbo, you never get forgotten. The 'Jumbo' is from my father, who is Nigerian, and 'Cush' was a king in ancient Egypt. It's a name that took a few years to grow into, but now I feel it was meant to be. It's absolutely who I am, and I love it.

If Confucius wasn't born, the long night would have no bright lamp.

I think it'd be a real nightmare to put a record out and sell 20 million copies and then that's it.

My mother was a biographer's dream and a nightmare. She was a dream because she was a classic to write about and everybody loves her. She was a nightmare because there are no scandals, quasi-cruelties, no really juicy stuff.

I still have nightmares of dead comrades, a long time ago, talking to me. 'Emmanuel, don't forget about us, don't give up, keep telling our story.'

I have this famous joke that I use: Why was God able to create Heaven and Earth in seven days and seven nights? Because he didn't have installed customers and legacy technology to worry about.

A lot of Friday nights, Guru and I would go kick it with Biggie, since he was just three blocks down from us.

To be able to represent Nike as a brand is one thing, but to also represent the great players that came before me means a lot.

I want to be like the Nike or Apple of children's books.

And you've got to remember that I'm also the father of nine children.

I think that anyone who denies their heritage doesn't deserve their destiny. My grandmother was a maid. She put nine children - eight of them - through college; I did not finish college.

I got my first guitar when I was nine because I wanted to be the fifth Beatle, even though they had already broken up and John Lennon died that year.

I know there are things I did in education that will never be reversed. I have not done that in film yet because I have only been here for about nine months.

How many fighters are going to be able to leave the legacy that I did? Nineteen years old, I came and I conquered.