Quotes About Influence

Yeah, I grew a goatee, and the next year, everybody had them.

Neither one of my parents played sports at a very high level when they grew up in Nicaragua.

Bullies now aren't just jocks. They're rich kids in the nice cars with the fancy clothes.

A little girl thought I was mean like my character on 'Zoey,' and I convinced her that 'Logan' is just a fake character and I am really a nice guy.

I don't have anything against Georges St-Pierre. I think he's a great fighter. I think he's a nice guy just like everybody else, and he's a great role model. I would love to be that too if I was in that position.

The thing that drives people more often than not is they genuinely feel that they can make a difference. So that means there are nice people in politics.

Oh, I think Neymar would be a nice guy I'd like to meet. Messi, too. Cristiano Ronaldo. I think they are guys that their lives would encourage me. They would be nice people to meet and know more about their stories, to evolve and grow more with their stories. I think it would be cool to meet them.

Your parents are always a big influence on you. They help you make you who you are. The main thing my parents taught me is just to be a nice person - to be generous, kind and happy. I hope it comes off when I work and meet people.

All the nice things about Suzanne are me. All the things that aren't nice, that was just the writing.

When you are playing on the ground, you are a cricketer, but the moment you step off it, you are just another person. You need to talk to people nicely because you are who you are because of the people.

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

Jack Black, I think, is probably the nicest person I've ever met in my life.

Werdum is one of the nicest, kindest people I've ever met.

You know, even big-time academics kind of have groupies. Anyone with any sort of fame. So, like, in your micro-world, or in your niche, you're kind of like a celebrity.

The contemporary authors I most admire are Nick Hornby and Jonathan Tropper.

My dad sat me in front of the TV, and instead of putting on Nick Jr. or something, he put me in front of 'Jailhouse Rock' and all the Elvis movies.

Nick Zinner has been one of my favorite guitar players for a long time.

One of the Robinson brothers from the Black Crowes turned me on to Nick Drake.

My earliest celebrity crush was/is Nick Jonas.

I needed Nick Saban more than I needed Pete Carroll.

I'm forever in debt to Nickelodeon. It made me who I am today.

I was part of the Atlanta Boy Choir probably like fourth and fifth grade. I personally didn't enjoy the type of music that we were doing. I was more into like whatever was on Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.

I really liked imitating the Hulk when I was a little kid. My dad enjoyed it and always asked me to imitate him and gave me the nickname.

My dad loved Deco as a player. He started calling me Deco as a nickname around the house.