Ron Stallworth Quotes

I like to say I'm not a hero.

I am not a hero.

I'm not a hero.

You're never going to catch me calling myself a hero unless I'm joking.

If I were the blushing kind, I would blush to be called a hero.

I'm no hero. Heroes don't come back. Survivors return home. Heroes never come home. If anyone thinks I'm a hero, I'm not.

I don't feel like a hero.

Most people aren't these grandstanding heroes.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

I mean, I'm no superhero.

Do me a favor and don't make me out to be no hero.

I never think of myself as a heroine.

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.

I mean, I'm not going to play the hero of something.

I wasn't heroic because I was never in danger.

I'm not a hero. The military is.

I never really do anything show-off-y, I keep it humble.

I'm a pansy when compared to the men and women of the United States military.

I don't think I am hero material.

I'm much too modest a person.

It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others.

Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around chasing a ball, although you may show fortitude or those other qualities while you do it.

I wish I had more of the hero gene, but I don't think I'd be very good at playing one.

I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!

The only reason anyone ever called me a hero is because I get this paper, here.