Quotes About Impact

When you play a daily soap character that character lives with you for a really long time.

When TV came, it was a great medium and then daily soaps came in and ruined the quality of the work we were doing.

My soap operas have been seen by a billion people all around the world.

I want to know I made women's soccer better than it was when I came into it.

I want my legacy to be about the soccer, and if I can help people be happier in life in any capacity, awesome.

I want to be involved in soccer some way.

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.

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

Soccer has surpassed, in this country, hockey.

I'm being told I've become an inspiration to a lot of young soccer players in Edmonton and to me, that's just awesome.

A soccer star is on the field for two hours. In hockey, your star player is on the ice for 20 minutes.

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

Design our world so that we have positive social and environmental side effects.

I think we need to rethink a lot of business skills. In finance, for example, social impact bonds are potentially a way of providing capital for investments that save the public money in a context in which government often doesn't invest in things that would save it money.

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

I was trying to figure out how to use the skills I had developed in the world of social change.

Nonprofits are the intermediaries between generosity and social change.

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

Philanthropy and social change work are at their best when they are driven by your values and connected to what you care about most.

I was always interested in social change but never actually did anything about it.

What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing.

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

I don't write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but that's not why I write.