Quotes About Inspiration

My friends love this idea of me as half man, half camera.

I didn't even know I would be an actor; I always wanted to be a cameraman.

How can you be inspired by Cameron and Miliband? These guys are just drabness personified.

I love Cameron Crowe's 'Say Anything' and 'Almost Famous.' I think those are really great coming-of-age movies.

I started thinking about getting into politics when David Cameron became leader.

In my camp, we have Minotoro Noguiera and Lyoto Machida.

Greg White got a boxer because I said I was getting one. I was talking about getting a boxer since before training camp.

At the Barcelona youth academy, I lived right next to Camp Nou, but I spent my days watching movies.

I'm very excited to be teaming up with Merck for the 'Lets Go There' Campaign. It's a really important campaign to me because it's something that celebrates women.

I believe I can lead this party from the front as a campaigning organization.

I love being part of campaigns and events that are working with kids and just sharing my personal experiences.

I love Marty Robbins, I love Glen Campbell, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline.

When I have basketball camps and I tell kids my story, they're like, 'You played in Maine? In Israel? You did this and that?' I experienced a lot, and I feel like it made me not only the person I am today, but the basketball player I am.

I wanted to be like Juwan Howard, whose basketball camp I went to as kid for six years. Those camps meant everything to me and my friends. We'd all seen Juwan on TV and then... there he was. In our gym. We could see him. We could give him a high five.

Seeing a player return to campus 20 years later with his family and he tells you, 'I'd never be where I am today without this university and this team.' That's everything. That's why you coach.

Some newer writers worry about books set in Canada having a big appeal, but it has never been an issue for me. I haven't wanted to write in the States because I don't know the States.

I don't have a great story, but I love Boards of Canada. I didn't get into it when it was happening; I got into it later on.

I had done Shrek as a Canadian and I'm very proud to be Canadian, but I knew I could give more to it.

I'm just saying to all the Canadian people: y'all got talent.

Everybody's doing well and everybody's achieving their goals so it's great to see Canadian basketball on the rise.

I want to be that guy who comes to mind when you think of Canadian basketball one day.

Canadians are very proud of me, of my career.

When I was a kid, I didn't know Canadians could be actors. I thought just Americans could get acting jobs.

I mean, you can't help but imagine it a little bit... like, 'What would I do with a Black Canary show?' It'd be exciting, I know that.