Ed Reed Quotes

It is very different trying to help a community organization than trying to sell yourself or sell a product.

I married a woman from New Orleans, so I had family here. Post-Katrina, I had a number of friends call me up and say they wanted to do something to help the community - not just Habitat for Humanity or Red Cross, we've done that, but what can we do for the community.

In order to effect great change, we need to look at how we can help those in our own communities as well as globally.

I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large.

I love putting in work for the city that raised me with my foundation SaveMoneySaveLife, and putting resources into the streets of Chicago.

I can tell you, you know, I am a person that every - people that do really know me well know that I'm extremely passionate about fighting for my families and the residents back home.

The most powerful thing we can do is get involved locally. Help our local community and become community activists in our own smaller circle.

I have always encouraged my restaurant operators and team members to give back to the local community.

I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week... First things first - that is, values and people here in their local communities, and remembering all politics is local, and trusting people more.

In fact, I have the privilege of traveling around our country and meeting people all over the country who are making a huge difference in the lives of their neighbors and themselves. That's what I'm really fortunate to be able to do.

The best way to help the Latino community is to give back. I love giving back; I'm quiet about God and what I do, but we do a lot in the Dominican Republic.

Normally you hear about Southeast London, and you hear about all the stuff that goes on down there, all the negative things, and the tabloids kind of stay away from all the positive things that happen that I see every day, which kind of outshines the negative.

I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play in the lives of their communities, and that allocating funds to support local groups helps them discharge that function and also burnish their image.

I support organizations that help people do better for themselves and the community.

The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor.

I want to contribute to sport and the community in a positive way.

I came up in the community center. I used to be physical director of the South Central Community Center in Chicago on 83rd. It's still there. It used to be around there when I was a kid.

Some people are embarrassed to say they came from East St. Louis, Ill., but now more people want to claim it. I grew up in a community center and I knew what it gave me. I always knew I wanted to give back and help people because people helped me.

When you live in a place, you're not just taking from it, you're contributing to it. In America I would never be able to make myself a person who could contribute. I wasn't interested in that society; I was interested in this society.

I'm not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other.

My greatest work comes in the community.

Latinos don't go out and support their own films, but at the same time, it's not their responsibility.

I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me.

Certainly, we need to support the communities around the country, and we do.

Trying to learn from communities and engage with policy makers and community organizers all across the country is really important to me.