Zaza Pachulia Quotes

I don't care to be famous. But at the same time, you look at all the role models these little girls have, and they don't have anyone to look up to. I mean, it's weird, but if I just hid out and didn't let myself be known, who would they look up to instead, you know?

Whether we like it or not, we are high-profile athletes. We're role models. Kids come up to me all the time to talk and it makes me remember when I was a kid and I got to meet Jerry Rice and how much that meant to me. And how we've got to set a good example.

I know personally as a young player when coaches came to my school that is someone you want to be like and I think that helps massively.

I want to be a role-model player, someone respected and looked up to.

I don't have anything against Georges St-Pierre. I think he's a great fighter. I think he's a nice guy just like everybody else, and he's a great role model. I would love to be that too if I was in that position.

I find it so important now to be a role model and a figure. And I know that may sound strange to some people, but most important is my connection with my fans and the connection that they breed with one another.

I take my role as an ambassador for the sport, and as a role model for boys, girls, mommies, daddies - whoever it is - very, very seriously. I know the impact my role models have had in my life, and I'm in a really beautiful position to be able to be that for others.

Athletes know kids look up to them, and it's important for athletes to be responsible.

I never thought I'd be a role model but I think to some people I am or have been.

I am a role model, definitely and I definitely support women.

I think that a leader is someone that needs to make an impact on, off the cricket field and in their lives as well.

The first time someone called me a role model, I remember thinking, 'What does that mean?' But I feel aware of it when I'm reading scripts.

Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there.

I would never think of myself as a role model.

I think we, as pro coaches, should have a consciousness towards having an image and a role model mentality for kids.

Collin Jackson was a little before my time and he was a really good athlete. I've raced with him, but he's now retired. He's a really good role model and someone that I've learnt a lot from.

I know a lot of young girls look up to me. I have a lot of fans.

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.

I know that I'll end up being a role model for many, many people out there for all kinds of reasons.

Mentorship is critical for young people. Mentorship by others for my children is very high on my agenda.

I don't think of myself as a role model.

We need to offer great examples to our youth.

I make an active effort to remain a positive role model to kids. They need people to show them there's another way.

Everyone has to try to give back as much as possible because I think in all sports it helps kids to have role models or people to look up to. Someone like Jess Ennis, I know a lot of young girls have started to get into athletics stuff because of her, because of her success.

I would never consider myself a role model in the wide sense of the word.