Quotes About Legacy

For kids back home, making our state proud is the biggest thing.

There will never be another Biggie ever again.

For me, I put Mac Dre right up there with Biggie and 'Pac as legends who have since passed on.

Why should someone who has $5 billion only give away $2.5 billion? They can't take it with them.

It was very important to me to create something that would create a legacy. I wanted to do something that had the ability to earn billions of dollars - like really had the ability to do that.

I would be happy to be a footnote in my dad's bio. I don't care about trying to be famous or prove that I didn't need him. Even if they say I'm riding his coattails, I'm confident enough in my own music that I don't worry about that.

The biography of a writer - or even the autobiography - will always have this incompleteness.

What use is there for a biography of myself? I'm just a movie actor.

I view my records as a personal biography.

You can't leave the thing that you are, the house that has become your biography.

Once you choose to run for president of the United States and succeed, your earlier life, your biography, is a major part of American history.

Do you have any idea what Ali meant to black people? He was the leader of a nation, the leader of Black America. As a young black, at times I was ashamed of my color; I was ashamed of my hair. And Ali made me proud.

History is so deep, especially black history, so I have a lot to learn.

Black history is American history. You cannot tell one story without telling the other.

Approval or blame will follow in the world to come.

I want to be the best Blazer - ever.

We all feel really blessed to have been with my dad for these 85 years.

I'm blessed with eight children - though I'm talking about eight adults now.

I've really been blessed to have these roles in movies that will last forever.

I know the blessing of having a dad who played 16 years in the league. That experience, and seeing him as an example, let me know that it's possible. It's not easy, but it's possible.

Just to know that someone who's 15 years old is listening to my music and the work that I've done - it's definitely a blessing.

People find it a great blessing if their child left behind a child.

Being able to act for a living is a blessing. I have a great theater company that's almost 40 years old.

Being a part of the NFL for 30 years was a blessing.