Quotes About Role models

I admired actors like Dilip Kumar and Om Puri as a kid and acting was all I ever thought about.

I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David.

When Dad looked at football players, he would take them in his own image. That's what he grew up around; that's what he was when he was a master sergeant in the Korean War. That's what I took, and that's what I want on my football team.

I grew up in a time when there were very few women in the physical sciences. And people started to ask me, 'How did you decide to become a scientist?' And I couldn't really answer. I always knew I'd grow up to have a lab because my dad had one.

It is useful to be reminded that in even the most distressed black neighborhoods, the majority of residents are "decent folk" who live by the rules and strive to lead respectable lives (Anderson 2000), yet crime and the fear of it weakens conventional social capital in these communities. Strong role models may be in short supply, the institutional infrastructure is weak, and, of most immediate relevance, bridges to good job opportunities in the wider world are in short supply.

There aren't as many girl superheroes, but there are cool ones. Banshee, for instance.

It's hard to imagine how women made the leap into professions for which they had no role models, no invitation, and very little encouragement.

When kids look up to great scientists the way they do to great musicians and actors, civilization will jump to the next level

Consider how many times we have heard people reproach their organizations by saying, "There is no one there I want to be like." The reinventing process corrects this deficiency, heightening our desire for role models and people we can relate to. These people and groups provide a "safe base" that enables us to take risks with our new selves and a professional community in which we can develop a new sense of belonging.

There are a lot of good men out there who just need a little direction and leadership in order for them to offer what they have to young men and boys.

We have so many young men, especially, who are growing up without their dads. We have to fill that void. We have to do a better job helping young people see what it means to be a man, what it means to be a woman. And then, somehow, we have to put that family structure back together.

Young people need models, not critics.

Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.

There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.

I love spending time with young people. I love to hear about what they think. It keeps me young. And they need role models.

Just as young people absorb all kinds of messages from the media, young girls learn what it means to be a woman by watching the older women in their lives.

For some reason the football coach of a major college program is seen as one of the leaders of the campus. And some way we have to let our young people know that that leader can look like anyone.

Our young people look up to us. Let us not let them down. Our young people need us. Saving them will make heroes of us all.

I think it's important that we have strong, female characters in movies now, which can really leave an impression on people - especially young people - and that they're not 'sexy' or 'cool.'

I think it is important for young people to see other young people on television doing something positive with their life, making positive changes and growing. I don't think there is enough of that on TV. I mean, we've got 'Jersey Shore,' and I don't know what that teaches young kids.

We lack role models who can inspire our young people to make change.

Abbott and Costello were huge for me as a very young person.

Young players try and imitate the best players like Ronaldo. They try to imitate the hair, the clothes, the cars, the tricks. I try to tell them how hard Cristiano Ronaldo trained in training and after training. He only wanted to be the best. Everything else came after.

Football is much more than 1,500 N.F.L. players. You've got to realize that the N.F.L. sets the standard for young players. Whatever they see on TV, that's what football is.