Quotes About Influence

I would love being the soccer mom.

I have a very broad demographic, from the 8-year-old who knows every word to 'Ice Ice Baby' and the college kid who grew up on 'Ninja Rap' to the soccer mom and grandparent.

I love soccer. My father is from Argentina and my mother is from El Salvador. I grew up watching Argentinean soccer. I get really worked up watching soccer. It's in my blood.

I'm enormously proud that I can do a deal with the National Women's Soccer League to showcase the power and passion of women athletes as positive role models, not only for my daughter but also for my son.

I wasn't a cheerleader in high school, but I was the leader of my soccer team.

I'm a little embarrassed to say I'm a little bit of a soccer dad.

Rap is supposed to scare soccer moms.

For soccer, it was Diego Maradona, and then another idol for me was Michael Jordan. To see them play and how that they could impact the game was pretty special.

Sometimes women's soccer can be political.

My dad, he always played soccer.

I believe that soccer in the United States lacks an idol and they should do everything possible to create one.

I was born close to soccer, and I've been living and working in soccer since I was small.

Soccer has surpassed, in this country, hockey.

We came to a great country like Canada that took us in, which is amazing looking back at it. At that time, I didn't know if I wanted to play soccer or not. I didn't know what I was supposed to do with my life, but once I came to Canada and started watching it on TV, my dad and brother played and watching them play, I wanted to do that too.

I guess you could call me a soccer dad.

I'm a big Manchester United fan. When I was a kid, I worked with a guy who was a Man United fan, and that was the first soccer team that I was turned on to.

Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behaviour, and they are classic excuses.

Media play a powerful role in establishing and perpetuating social norms.

I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I think you'd better listen to it pretty carefully, 'cause it's important.

Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.

Policy makers who have never served in the military continue to use the military to lead social change in this country.

Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.

People like me in the entertainment industry can contribute to social change through our work.

If you believe that how you do your work is as influential as the work you do, then a theatre rehearsal, which is a microcosm of the world, is the perfect place to model social change because if it doesn't work this time, you can try again on the next production.