Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

My heroines are part of me and my heroes are part of what I'd like to know.

I was never disappointed by the people I've admired. And the choices I made when I was in a position where it was do-or-die were made with my heroes in mind.

You look up to your heroes and you shouldn't be intimidated by them; you should be inspired by them.

Admiration of great men, living or dead, naturally evokes imitation of them in a greater or less degree.

Like all children, I spent a lot of time looking for idols.

I always watched Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson, and I said I could be playing on the court with them.

One of my heroes growing up was Darren Gough, he always made things happen and I wanted to be like him.

My father is an athlete and I wish to be a hero like him.

You can tell a lot about a person by who his or her heroes are.

I have no role models. Many heroes. I have an enormous capacity for hero worship.

I've been asked before, "Who are your heroes?" and these types of questions. I always find it hard to identify a single person or a single book or this sort of thing. I've always been forward looking. I was raised with the notion that you can do pretty much anything you want. You're able to accomplish anything you set out to accomplish. I was given a sense of confidence and I never really felt the need to - or I've never had the benefit, I should probably say - of being inspired by outside heroes.

I grew up a Michael Jordan fan; that was my first idol. But my true sports idol was Deion Sanders: he was the person I always wanted to be. I wanted to play two sports professionally, which would never happen, but to me, that was every kid's dream.

I like heroes, and would like to be a hero myself. I suppose we all want that.

I was shaped by the heroes in the films I saw, which you always want to emulate and be like. I wanted to be like Alan Ladd, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart.

I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors.

I can't picture myself being the people I always looked up to.

Even though James Burton was my idol, I didn't think I could carry his shoes back then.

My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'

It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA.

I haven't got one or two people that I aspired to be like.

A hero that doesn't look like you makes you want to be something else.

I've patterned myself after my musical heroes.

I would always compare myself with the best, and my dad is the best, and he's my idol, too.

It's like Christians who want to be like Jesus. We're just trying to follow in someone's footsteps. Might as well be The Beatles.

When I was growing up, Keane and Sheringham were my idols, and they wore 10. So it was always my dream to wear it.