Quotes About Role models

Every time I met any of my heroes I was disappointed - the exception was Joe Strummer, who was like an uncle to me.

Certainly when I got to medical school, I had role models of the kind of physicians I wanted to be. I had an uncle who, looking back, was probably not the most-educated physician around, but he carried it off so well.

I was very lucky - I grew up with two parents who loved each other and gave me unconditional love. They set high expectations for me, and they gave me an infinite amount of support. So I stand on their shoulders; I follow their example in every way.

For me, I was always the only woman in my cohort, first as a mechanical engineering undergraduate student, then as a chemical engineering graduate student. There were very few women getting degrees in those fields at the time. My role models were men - great men role models.

You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.

Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.

I was a big fan of Bret Hart growing up, and Shawn Michaels, the Undertaker, Triple H. I've probably drawn from them when I was younger.

I think my parents undoubtedly influenced me on some level.

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world.

That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey - and know they can win a gold medal, too.

I think that we need women role models everywhere. I think that it's really hard to imagine yourself as something that you don't see.

Growing up I didn't have curvy role models, mainly because I didn't see enough curvy women represented in major ads.

How can we teach our children to respect Black women if Black women don't respect Black women?

Kids watch their parents, right? And when kids are three, four, five-years-old, that's when they're like a sponge, and who they are is really developed by the time they are seven.

I didn't have a hero playing in sports that looked like me.

I am a huge sports fan and could easily reel off a load of sports stars who became idols to me.

Our players are role models; there's no question about it. Whether they want to be or not. They are. So they're in the spotlight. So if they do something that's wrong, that's in the spotlight, too.

As we've seen time and again, women and girls who are out there working, they are truly force multipliers, spreading opportunity through their families and communities - and not just by creating programs and nonprofit organizations, not just by hiring other women, but also by serving as role models themselves.

I'm a massive fan of Didier Drogba, I love the way he plays. He's not as stacked as me but he's strong and he's still scoring goals. I'm a fan of Diego Costa as well. I think he crosses the line at times but I like the fact he doesn't allow himself to be bullied.

I know when I was a kid, I looked up to athletes. So, if an athlete spoke out on an important issue, then I was probably more likely to hear that opinion and to see that stance and recognize the importance of that.

As children, we look up to people, for better or worse, and see them as the standard for how we should act and identify ourselves.

Little by little the look of the country changes because of the men we admire.

Great men taken up in any way are profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man without gaining something by him.