Quotes About Legacy

I can't be compared to Pele. I need to do so much more to be compared to Pele. Pele is fantastic. And he's unique.

Look, I am in the establishment because my dad, the greatest man alive was president of the United States and my brother, who I adore as well as fantastic brother was president. Fine, I'll take it. I guess I'm part of the establishment Barbara Bush is my mom. I'll take that, too.

I worked with J. T. Walsh - it was one of the best experiences I ever had - a fantastic actor and a great guy. I was in the last movie that he did: 'The Negotiator.' He died a couple of months after that. He was great.

I don't have any angel blood, as far as I know.

I have to go and say farewell to all the countries that I have been to, if I can. I am 73 now, it is taxing on me.

I have spent my life reassembling the family farm.

My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer.

My mom, her only dream was just to be a farmer.

Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors.

Those are the things that are in me, even going farther back, to Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. I dont consciously pull from them, but they tend to come out in different ways in everything I do.

I've always been fascinated by family ancestry.

My mother was a fashion designer, and my father was a model.

I've grown up with a lot of my family in the fashion industry, so I've wanted to be part of it for as long as I can remember.

Live fast, die old, and make very sure everyone knows you were there.

My Pa always said, 'Live fast, die laughing,' that's the way to do it.

At a certain point, this is a brand. It's got to be bigger than me as one little person. We have a lane - and it's a good lane - and want to drive faster down that lane.

To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in.

I'm never going to be fat - never again. I'm going to make it easy on my pallbearers.

Father Time is whether you're an athlete or not an athlete. Father Time is always around. I think I'm just special.

I had no road map for fatherhood; I had no personal history to draw from.

Football is multigenerational. It used to be about fathers taking their sons. Now we're taking our daughters, too.

I grew up in a town without fathers.

As fathers, we all have great lessons to teach our children.

Sohan Singh Bhakna, Gurdit Singh, Teja Singh Sutantar, Banta Singh Sanghwal... they are my fathers. Those who gave their lives for freedom are my fathers.