Jay-Z Quotes

If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.

Where you live matters. Whatever you're doing, there's usually only one place where the top people go. You should go there. Don't settle for anywhere else. Meeting my heroes and learning from them gave me a huge advantage. Your heroes are part of your circle, too - follow them. If the real action is happening somewhere else, move.

I'd see people being really successful, whether it was my teammates or big-name fighters like Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, and I'd think, 'I want to be a legend like that.'

Our athletes are our heroes.

I look up to people who succeed in accomplishing their dreams.

If you don't have heroes in the beginning, you don't grow.

Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.

This is the city of dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested and has triumphed.

To have no heroes is to have no aspiration

I've not done badly for a boy from Stockwell, where I used to gaze at the silver screen in wonderment, little realising I'd be a part of this magical world.

Dreams are the foundation of Hollywood. And dreams are the foundation of America.

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.

When I come to schools like Norton Primary Academy and meet children who have their lives and careers before them, I hope in some small way that I can inspire them to do better by sharing my own story with them and telling them never to give up on their dreams.

I've already played against some of my biggest idols.

It was Delhi that gave me the platform to achieve my dreams.

I used to listen to that song, 'I just wanna be successful!' I was like, 'I'ma be where bruh at.' I used to watch him on 'Degrassi.'

I loved Mia Hamm, and I really looked up to Julie Foudy as well, who is one of my mentors.

I have a song that's called 'Rap Dreams, Hoop Dreams'. Besides education, everybody's got hoop dreams from day one in rap. Rap, sports, music have so much of an impact on the world.

I think we all grow up with idols and things like that.

I had dreamt of playing for Arsenal and Real Madrid, and those dreams came true. Maybe I can dream of winning the Ballon d'Or, and that can come true as well.

This is my chance to make it all happen, in the one city, where they say dreams come true.

When you do your best and live out your dreams, you inspire others to do the same.

I'm fortunate enough to be living my dreams and a lot of other peoples' dreams.

I think Oprah who is the height of aspiration and inspiration recognizes something in me that is germane.

My heroes were always soccer players.