David Stern Quotes

I don't think about my legacy, if indeed, I have one.

Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

I feel that if I am freed of the burden of politics, then I can do more and I can take more unpopular decisions. I can have as my guidance for decision whatever is right, not whatever is popular.

My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well.

If the American people don't love me, their descendants will.

What does legacy mean? I never think or go there.

It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.

I'm never looking at life in terms of legacy.

With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can forsee.

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.

When I'm asked about legacy, I say it's too early to talk about legacy.

I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can't ask for more than that.

I do not feel I have a legacy to protect.

It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.

I don't think much about whether fans will remember me.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

Behold, at this hour our moral history is being preserved for eternity. Processes are at work which will perpetuate our every act and word and thought.

I love making music and all that, but at the end of the day I don't think that's what people are going to remember about a person.

My work... is my legacy.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

History will treat me right.

We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.

Fame and success and titles stay with you, but they wear out eventually. In the end, all that you are left with is your character.

I'm attending to my legacy, making sure that it travels the universe in the best shape I can get it into. For as long as I'm alive, I'll still be its interpreter.

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.