Quotes About Role models

I want to be a children's hero… Children need heroes because heroes give hope; without hope they have no future.

Our goal was to win, to win a Super Bowl, but also to win in the right way, to be role models to our community, to represent Indianapolis, the state of Indiana and the National Football League.

In movies, I hope women aren't always portrayed as sex symbols. People like Drew Barrymore are paving the way for girls my age. Hopefully I can pave the way for young actresses, too.

The reason most of the children are having problems in any inner-city neighborhood is because they don't see enough positive role models in their own environment.

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first loves.

The problem nowadays is that, by and large, we do a pretty bad job of picking role models. We glorify actors, singers, athletes, and generic "celebrities," only to be disappointed when—predictably—it turns out that their excellence at reciting, singing, playing basketball, or racking up Facebook likes and Twitter followers has pretty much nothing to do with their moral fiber.

People teach you two things, how to be and how not to be.

I hope all you young girls see yourself up there... We were just like you".

We've seen the kind of social impact a professional sports team has on a city. A team brings high-profile role models into your community who are healthy and they're great images for the city to gravitate toward, especially for kids.

People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels - people you don't want to resemble when you grow up

My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.

The people who influence us most are not those who buttonhole us and talk to us, but those who live their lives like the stars in heaven and the lilies in the field, perfectly simply and unaffectedly. Those are the lives that mould

The people who influence us the most are not those who detain us with their continual talk, but those who live their lives like the stars in the sky and "the lilies of the field"—simply and unaffectedly. Those are the lives that mold and shape us.