Quotes About Influence

I feel this heavy weight to be a good ambassador for the sport.

The heavyweight champion of the world shouldn't just be heavyweight champion of the world. He should use his position to help other people, such as myself.

I'm the guy who has everything it takes to be heavyweight champion of the world. It's not just about being great inside the ring: it's about being able to do great things outside of the ring. Not everyone has that. I love to be out there with the people.

You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to get a heck of a lot done.

I thought I wanted to be on ESPN, but I didn't know what the heck it was. I knew it was sports television, but we didn't have it. We didn't really watch TV growing up.

A lot of guys, they feed off me... I'm extremely prideful in what I do. I think a lot of guys take heed of that. They look up to that.

It is my hope that the establishment part of the Democratic Party will heed what the grass roots is saying.

Anybody who has political ambition has an Achilles heel.

Barbie ruined my life! It's a really bad image for women. For a long time I thought I was deformed - because my heels didn't touch the ground. I was walking around on tiptoes. What's up with that? I think that it's a bad thing for a woman to try to emulate.

Alexander McQueen will always be top of my list and I am really into Gianmarco Lorenzi heels.

I think there are ways in which we censor ourselves; that's the most dangerous kind of censorship - that's how hegemony works.

The United States came out of the 1990s, if anything, in an even greater position of hegemony and preeminence than it was at the beginning of the 1990s.

The difference between me and a lot of other people is I can feel the effect of light, space, furniture, height, scale, distance, all these micro-environments affect me in a strong way.

I just remember Bruce Lee blowing my mind on the screen, and I thought to myself, 'That's what I want to do for a living when I'm older.' Bruce Lee was so magnetic and charismatic and held the screen so well.

Mahesh Bhatt has changed me a lot. I used to be very held back with my words. He has made me open up. He has taught me how to say what comes to my mind, just as he does.

Mum used to say that when I went out of the house, I represented her. I took that seriously. So I didn't get involved with a lot of things. I held myself in a particular way.

I really can't blame anyone but myself, because I didn't have to deliver the album. But when you get caught up in the gas, and you're young, and there's so much helium going on around you, you can't decipher the real end.

I love Levon Helm - he's one of my favorite guys.

I remember 'Battlestar Galactica' shot at the college that my dad taught at. I remember trying on a Cylon helmet. I think I was 6 or 7 years old.

An effective leader does four things: listen, learn, help, and lead.

I think I can help others just by my example.

Once I leave this earth, I know I've done something that will continue to help others.

Gianni created the whole thing. I came later and helped him.

All credit to Robby Ginepri. He's helped me a lot.