Sally Ride Quotes

I don't care to be famous. But at the same time, you look at all the role models these little girls have, and they don't have anyone to look up to. I mean, it's weird, but if I just hid out and didn't let myself be known, who would they look up to instead, you know?

Role models really matter. It's hard to imagine yourself as something you don't see.

I have to say that it's fun to write for young girls, and it's exciting to know that we're influencing them and they're looking at us like, 'I want to grow up and be like them.' I mean, I just made up the person saying that.

I take it seriously that it's a privilege and honor to be a role model to young girls, both black and white. It's not something I take lightly.

If you can't see it, you can't be it.

We talk sometimes about the impact we hope we're having, that little girls - and boys - at home are watching us on TV. We can be role models.

You can't be what you can't see.

In terms of being a role model, I didn't start out to be one. I don't go to work every day with that in mind. But, I do get a lot of fan mail from young girls.

People see me in powerful roles. That's what people want to see. That's what I want to do.

Kids in college often look for mentors and role models to model their careers after, and women don't have the equivalent of a Steve Jobs or Bill Gates. I think it's a self-perpetuating loop.

I've had some very strong female role models, so I think that's an important thing.

I never really thought about being a role model. I started really young, so at 10 years old, I was still very much the person who needed role models. I wasn't really prepared to be one, but it's always something that I've taken very seriously.

I hope all you young girls see yourself up there... we were just like you.

I appreciate that young girls look up to me. And I take that very seriously.

As an African American actress, there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can walk through. I hope that I can have that impact.

Mentorship is critical for young people. Mentorship by others for my children is very high on my agenda.

I have been tremendously impacted and influenced by my coaches. It's nice to play for people that are going to support you.

I have stood on the shoulders of giants like Billie Jean King, Hillary Clinton, my mother - people who have really empowered and influenced my life in an incredible way.

I believe that athletes - especially female athletes in the world's leading sport for women - should serve as role models.

I think, overall, the NBA and its players are really conscious about our role and what we do as role models.

I had a lot of female role models around me as a kid, but my aunt Marcela Rodriguez was the strongest. When she was only 26, she opened Artes Culinarias Internacionales, one of the first culinary schools in Baja. She started with six students and built up to 800.

Now I can give back and be a role model and an advocate for women in sport.

I want to be ambassador-like. I want to, you know, set examples, especially as a young black female. That, I think, is important, and I just want to be a bit of an example, you know.

I think representation is the most important thing in the world. People who are young look up to the things that they see in the media. They want to relate and to be able to say, 'Wow, I can be successful.'

As young people, you want to see people who in some way look like you to some degree, because it makes it a little easier for you to aspire to take on the qualities of those people.