Shefali Zariwala Quotes

If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

I have such an extraordinary platform where I am able to help people. To me, that's the number one priority.

For me, it has always been about using my platform to help others.

To be in the privileged position where I am able to give something back is, for me, perhaps the single most important measure of success.

That's what it's all about, going out and being able to help in the community and help people around you. That's going to carry far longer than basketball ever will.

Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.

Find a place where you add value to a community.

I've always felt I want to be of service to the world somehow. I haven't yet figured out how to do it, and I may never figure out how to do it.

But celebrity really doesn't mean anything unless you use it for finding some way to give back and I've always felt that way.

I run a bunch of charities and I say this line to people: 'I am somebody who has always been helped.' A little thing like that can make people believe it.

My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.

For me personally, to hop onboard and use the amazing success and blessings in my life to pull off something like the 30/30 Project is awesome.

We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.

If I didn't feel that I was doing something or trying to do something for others, then I would have very little excuse for the life that I lead.

Statistically and emotionally, I believe that the way I can be of help to society is by doing what I know and what I've been good at.

But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person.

I love to be able to do something positive with what celebrity I have. I like to be able to make it about something bigger than me; if I can help in some way, I'm happy to do that.

The more you live the greater your obligations to the public grow.

The sense of being involved, of helping the Administration, helps my clients.

What I was raised with in terms of a call to service was just a sense that I was lucky.

I think it's important for service to be a part of your life instead of an option. It's awesome to make it a point to do something that's gonna make the world slightly better than you left it.

I am called a legend, and people see me as one, but because of that, I don't think I should have to hide at home and only go on holidays, drink champagne, and watch TV. I am somebody that wants to impact onto people's lives.

I'm using my platform to help out a little bit, you know. It's only right.

Putting a smile on kids, putting a smile on families' faces, changing people's lives with your so-called status and celebrity with your so-called impact, that's reality.