John Winthrop Quotes

Sometimes I forget how much people look at you as their hero. I forget that.

People look up to me as somebody who is able to switch the image of our country from negative to positive.

... the greatest man who walks in America.

America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.

The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.

Because of my father, we are that Shining City on a Hill.

I just did a spread in 'Maxim', I'm 35 years old. I've had women and parents email me asking if I should really be doing that, since I'm still considered a role model.

You know, I want to help my country. Definitely I can help them, simply by winning races. Sure, they can follow my path to a good career. But for me it is not enough. I want to be more than that. In everything I want to be a role model.

Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.

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.

… we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us.

I certainly want to continue to be a role model. But I don't think it's necessarily about being a female in our business. I think it's about... my track record, my results.

I have no illusions of being an icon to young girls or anybody.

I'm a role model as a footballer and not as a politician. I want to see myself as a footballer. People respect me for my performances. That's why they support me, and I'm very thankful for that. But I'm not a politician.

I know that I'm a role model for a lot of people, and I'd like to be. I know that there are people who probably don't agree with how I think or how I see myself and my place in this world. That's OK.

Jamie Carragher was someone who I looked at as to how to organise, how to defend and how composed he was, how good he was at reading the games and he was one I looked up to.

Being a role model is a little bit of pressure on me, but I know that people will support me either way which is a good feeling.

Footballers have a great opportunity to be a good example because the kids want to listen to you and be like you in many ways.

I like leading by example.

Leadership is leading by example.

If I can be a role model, or if I can maybe make another manager play a young player coming through rather than buy a player, that's incredible.

It's weird to hear anyone call me a role model.

I love Jim Tressel. I think he's a fabulous guy. He's overall been a strong example for all coaches.

You don't have to be a leader of a big organization. You can be a leader of your brother, of a young kid, of your community. That way you affect life, someway, somehow.

Anwar Sadat once said that if you see a good person with admirable qualities, try to adapt those qualities to yourself, and he was such a great man.