Janeane Garofalo Quotes

I get a lot of advice from Mark Harmon, and I take it all to heart because I respect the heck out of him.

I've always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I'm one of the older guys, one of the more experienced guys, and I have to be more of a leader. The guys are looking up to me, asking me questions and looking at me to step up.

Imagine if the people who have lived and learned still had the vitality to act upon the hard learned lessons - and not just share in a conversation, but lead.

I learned a lot from my father.

Michael Coleman, now that was a boy that taught me some stuff too.

I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us.

You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.

Bobby Cox had the biggest influence in my career and probably the second- or third-biggest influence in my life.

The idea of being able to serve as an example, based upon how to process, how to think, how to realize our own dreams, we can pass that down to our children.

You can't tell them anything, but hopefully they will learn from the example and won't have to go through it.

Oh, man, if in real life I was as cool and suave as Coach Taylor and had all the answers, things would be easier.

Example is leadership.

Teachers, you are the shapers of thought and the molders of sentiment, not of this age and of this generation alone, but of ages and generations to come.

In life, you'll often find that having influence and providing sound advice is a good thing, even if it attracts criticism or requires some sacrifice.

If you're an old cat around young girls, you got to have somethin' to bring to the table.

I do have people looking up to me, which is still kind of weird to me. 'I'm like, 'Why? What have I done?'

I do think there is a responsibility for myself as being a senior professional footballer to be able to pass on my experiences to the younger generation.

I've learned from the greatest people, and I've got wonderful things to pass on.

I'm not having to go outside and switch the role model hat on. It's me, and it's important for me to leave that legacy to help inspire younger players because I didn't have a role model growing up.

A guy like James Brown has walked the walk, talked the talk. I can't disrespect James Brown in any kind of way. In my household, the adults tell you where to get off at.

My mentors were very good.

All my career I've been like a leader, and a lot of people followed what I did.

I'm one of those people where, if I get a piece of advice from someone I look up to and respect, I'll really listen to it.