Sidney Sheldon Quotes

Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better.

I credit NTI, truthfully, with everything as far as where my head is and what my goals are and dreams are. I would say it was probably one of the most influential moments of my life, being there.

Sometimes you're reading something, and you don't know it will be important in your life. You're reading this script, and you start to get involved. It's not an intellectual experience.

The joy I get from winning a major championship doesn't even compare to the feeling I get when a kid writes a letter saying: 'Thank you so much. You have changed my life.'

You can't imagine how gratifying it is to have a reader come up to you and say, 'You changed my life.'

I don't know where I'd be without 'The Chase', it changed my life.

It wasn't until I saw 'Rocky' that I realized movies could affect people beyond mere entertainment.

I think Splash made people realize that I was still alive, and I think I inspired a lot of people. I have people coming up to me all the time in the airport saying, "Hey, you inspired me to learn how to swim!" "You inspired me to start moving around more." "You inspired me to start doing more for myself." So that was good. But mostly I took it because nobody had given me a job. And you know what really matters in life, right?

There are documentaries that will just save your life and be the conduit to the art form you started out loving.

The energy I bring, the passion I bring, it's infectious. You can ask anybody on that Oklahoma staff. That's what I bring to the table.

I can never stop thanking God because my music influences people in their respective lives.

Knowing that I inspire kids - it's a great feeling.

I don't use 'best friend' often especially with someone I've only known for a year but Louise Redknapp completely changed my life and the two of us became these kind of wonderful confidence boosters for one another.

The Voice' changed my life.

It is just satisfying to think that, somehow, my music and my story could touch someone and make them want to make their own life better.

The amount of people that have said, 'You've inspired me to be confident. I've come out to my friends because of you,' that reduces me to tears every time, because I'm just, like, little old me from Hull has had an implication on somebody's life. That's massive to me. Massive.

Through my life, I do want to inspire others.

I would like to say I can change millions of lives, but realistically, if my journey inspires 10 people to go to university or to achieve something, then I think I've done my job.

Talk to any black person in my age group, and they'll say 'A Different World' is why they went to college. The show literally changed my life, and it boggles my mind that it doesn't get the kind of love it deserves.

'Ray of Light' changed my life. The whole album, but that song specifically, was just so life-changing and incredible for me.

The personal impact KG has had on me is life-changing. He's been the most important piece to my career in the NBA and one of the best friendships I have in my life. So I'm always blessed to say that he's my brother. We bonded so well because of how passionate and emotional we both are.

I don't subscribe to, 'Here are the top ten tips to successful leadership,' or, 'How to learn leadership in ten minutes.' A leader is someone who gives positive energy to others which then results in a better change than would have happened. I think everyone is a leader.

It warms my heart more than anything when somebody comes up to me and says, 'You inspired me to do this.'

I've got family, people that really care and want to see me succeed and push me.

It's an entertainment sport, and we go out to entertain the fans, but at the end of the day, what really matters is your influence on others.