Quotes About Impact

When I was younger, I used to always think making it to the NBA would be the coolest thing in the world. I'd dream about it every day. But as you progress and you attain that goal, then you realize the coolest thing is the effect you can have on people, and kids especially.

I've come to recognize that social purpose must be embedded into the core DNA of a company. The questions 'Why do we exist as a company?' and 'How do we make a difference?' need to have the same answer.

All I know is that every time I go to Africa, I am shaken to my core.

What happens in Britain, what happens in the world, matters a lot to us in our core business.

A cop by themselves on every corner is not going to make that much difference.

I was raised to believe that you need to leave the world a better place than how you found it, as corny as that sounds.

The RSC changed my career, and 'Coronation Street' changed my life.

We should always try to find corporate or philanthropic co-funders for the projects we think will make a difference.

Whether it's a church or politics or a corporation or a college or anywhere, leadership matters.

We have screwed with our environment. We have a culture that's going crazy, and it's all being propelled by the trillion-dollar advertising corporations.

To say that the captain makes the team lose or win is not correct.

I know words sometimes have consequences, but I try to choose the correct words every time.

Any time you have change, it costs somebody. Somebody is a loser.

Every day, lax sentencing costs lives.

In America, you complain about job losses because of China, but here, we carry all of the environmental costs.

Companies are the first to see the costs of climate change.

To make an entire country as big as America aware of a movie costs so much money.

Before Churchill had done anything else, he was a writer. He believed to the core that words matter. They count. They can change the world.

I'm not really the type that likes to put out a project just to say I've put it out - I like to make them count.

I try to make what I say count.

I was someone who thought my vote didn't count.

I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.

I have seen whole countries shaken by the power of God.

The industrialized countries that came to dominate post-slavery have caused the climate to change.