Danica Patrick Quotes

I would never say, "I'm going to do these things in a video to be a role model so people make me a role model." I want to be myself.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

I was raised by a strong mother and I never felt like I had to be a role, you know, I was just me, who I am.

I'm a reflection of my mom, my brothers and everyone in my family. How I carry myself is a reflection of how they raised me. I've learned that.

I don't sell myself. I am what I am. I'm a role model for a lot of people, for my kids. I don't want to just change because I want to make more money.

I'll be a role model on my terms, but don't make a role model on your terms.

I hope to be a good role model for my daughters.

I feel like you can be the best role model by being yourself.

I always tell myself that it is very, very important for me to be a good role model for Alma, my daughter.

I think the way I approach things has something to do with growing up and seeing my parents go to work every day.

Another part of what gave me a questioning, rabble-rousing, activist heart and soul is that when all these heavy events went down, my parents did not shelter the kids from it.

It never occurs to you when you are very young to need something other than what your parents have to offer you.

I really lucked out in terms of how my parents encouraged me to develop my own personality so I didn't just feel incredibly insecure and like I didn't fit in.

Parents are heroes already - all they have to do is start acting like it.

Being a working mommy is something I've always wanted to be. My mother is my biggest role model and she showed me how to do it right.

I was born rich. Not in tangible things... but rich in the parents I had.

There is one thing you and I as parents cannot do, not do we want to do if we really think about it, and that's control our children's will--that spirit that lets them be themselves apart from you and me. They are not ours to possess, control, manipulate, or even to make mind.

I don't really look at celebrities as role models - I just don't see them like that. I guess it's because I'm in that world so I know that no one is perfect.

Everybody talks about being a role model. But if you look up the word 'role' in a dictionary, it describes playing a part. Everything I'm into, it's real to me. There's nothing fake about it.

If you look at me as a role model, I agree with it. If you look at me as an idol, I don't because an idol for me is someone that you want to replicate. You want to be them and I don't wish that on anyone to lose what they have personally, because that's when your spark is lost.

Parents who indulge themselves 'in moderation' may have children who indulge themselves to excess.

If you get offended by words - by noises we make with our mouths - it means you were raised by bad parents.

Parents are teachers, guides, leaders, protectors and providers for their children.

If I had a bucket list, I'd say raising my four girls to be strong, good women would be No. 1.

Many times people will say, you know, you're such a great role model. Well, that's great, but at the end of the day, you have to learn to be your own best role model and learn what makes you happy, not necessarily what society thinks you're supposed to be or women that you look up to, what they're doing. I look at that as being a symbol in a blueprint, but never forget that who you are is what's most important.