Anderson Silva Quotes

I use my celebrity status to inspire someone, to give them hope.

I wanted to be Deco, Titi Camara, or Pascal Feindouno when I was young, and now there are kids with my name on the back of their shirts! That is such a big motivation for me, and I hope I continue to show them that, with courage and determination, they can achieve anything.

As athletes, just looking at it from an outside perspective, it's really remarkable, the impact you could have on somebody that you have no idea.

What I would love, instead of being a role model, is being someone of inspiration.

Young kids get motivated by everything. If they see a great dancer, some of them would want to become a dancer. If they see a great soccer player, they want to become a soccer player.

The greatest are an inspiration for all the kids who wake up early in the morning. Everyone watches you, is inspired by you and wants to be you. So you influence society. That's what being more than an athlete means. I want more kids to have that opportunity. I want everybody to start with the same chance.

As it is our nature to be more moved by hope than fear, the example of one we see abundantly rewarded cheers and encourages us far more than the sight of many who have not been well treated disquiets us.

People see me doing something so all of the guys from my walk of life feel like if he can do it, I can do it. That just keeps spreading and spreading and spreading.

I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Well, I always hope that I'm a role model.

In my era, where I'm from, I only had Donald Whiteside. He's from Englewood and he's the only one that came out of Englewood. Other than him, I really didn't have anyone else to look up to that was from my area. So in seeing him, I never gave up hope, just kept playing and then I realized that I might have a future in basketball.

For some reason in today's society, people look up to football players and you have a voice. And it's because of that voice you have the opportunity to impact people's lives.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

I want to be a role model.

There's so many inspiring people out there.

I am pleased that my work has been recognized, and I hope to be a role model.

I hope that my story, I hope that my life is... an encouragement for people, especially in Brooklyn. I feel humbled and blessed.

In the end, I want to be an inspiration to somebody.

I feel privileged that people are looking up to me, and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence.

There's nothing wrong with becoming a role model, nothing wrong with inspiring people to become musicians, to become actors.

I do think we need heroes. It gives people hope and an example to follow.

At a pivotal time in my life, Barack Obama gave me hope that a boy who grew up like me could still achieve the most important of my dreams. For that, I'll miss him and the example he set.

Many young people even tell me that 'You inspire us to do something big in life.'

I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.