Ciara Quotes

I just want to give back and kind of be a resource for younger generations.

Some people are embarrassed to say they came from East St. Louis, Ill., but now more people want to claim it. I grew up in a community center and I knew what it gave me. I always knew I wanted to give back and help people because people helped me.

Everyone always helped me out growing up, and everyone now supports me Sunday. So whenever there's a chance to give back, to the community, to the less fortunate kids so they have the opportunity to gain the most potential they can in their life to be success, it's always good to do.

I feel a responsibility to try and give back. I see young people out there who are trained, and any way I can help them and give them an opportunity is gratifying.

We have to give back. We have to try to grow the game.

Helping people, moreover those coming from where you grew up, this is the most important. Not everyone can succeed, but at least you can to act for them.

I've always felt obligated to help those less fortunate than me. It's an obligation that anyone who has a chance to be in the NBA should feel and act upon.

Sometimes you have to put back in the community.

As a youngster in the projects, I definitely didn't have anything. So if you get something, you want to be able to give back and help others.

As I got more successful, I felt it was more incumbent upon me to help the other people. I did more and more and the more I did the more I wanted.

I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.

That's how we do it in the black community; we give back to the people who made us who we are. We never forget that.

I'm starting the Juicy J Scholarship Foundation. I'm going to start doing a lot of different things trying to help out and give back.

Part of becoming a little bit older and having the opportunities that I have, you want to start giving back to people who have been influential and helped you along the way.

The fun thing about getting older is finding younger people to mentor.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.

I like giving back to the community, because it lasts a long time.

I think people forget that it doesn't take a big donation to help someone, just a lot of little donations.

I always believe that you have to give back what you have learnt.

It's important for anybody who finds success to show other people where to find it.

It is important for me to help others because I was also helped by others before I became part of the Black Eyed Peas.

I'm one of those people who want to give back and see other people do better.

When you've worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity...you do not slam it shut behind you...you reach back, and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed.

I think we need to do as much as we can to give back to these young kids growing up. I think we've done a pretty decent job so far.

My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.