Role Models Quotes

"I try to look at people like Adele and Norah Jones, who are very successful but don't have to deal with scandals."

"I was raised by strong women, and the role models I had in music and cinema were strong, too - liberated and provocative."

"I don't think it is important to be a role model, because if you are a role model, you are pretending to be someone else."

“I know that young women follow me, some of them are still at school and I keep that in mind.”

“Beyonce's the only contemporary artist that I really, really idolize.”

“The only person I'd cry if I met would be Beyonce.”

"Young girls need to see role models in whatever careers they may choose."

Sally Ride

"Each person must live their life as a model for others."

"You can't be what you can't see."

Marian Wright Edelman

"Young girls need to see role models in whatever careers they may choose, just so they can picture themselves doing those jobs someday. You can't be what you can't see."

Sally Ride

“Michael Jordan was that guy - he was Michael Jordan. So whatever he did, we followed.”

“Kobe Bryant has always been my favorite player, and he was drafted No. 13, too, in 1996.”

“Humans have voids, and you need things to fill voids. I didn't have a dad to fill that male model void, so when I heard Eminem or seen Dave Chappelle, that's what I gravitated to.”

“There's room for role models who make mistakes.”

“The Scoutmaster who is a hero to his boys holds a powerful lever to their development but at the same time brings a great responsibility on himself. They are quick enough to see the smallest characteristic about him, whether it be a virtue or a vice.”

“I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.”

“I never thought a role model should be negative.”

“When I was younger, there were players who gave me pleasure, and now I'm in that role.”

“When I went back to my old high school, all these kids were looking at me the same way I look at Jay-Z, Nas, or Dr. Dre.”

“Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.”