Dominique Wilkins Quotes

There was no one in particular I really tried to copy.

We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.

I have never emulated any star or celebrity completely, and I hope nobody does the same of me.

From the first instant I met her, I wanted to be Nora Ephron. I just really wanted to please her.

I look at Jagger and the like and if I see a good attitude I'll admire it but I wouldn't copy their style.

I certainly wouldn't want to be a Mini Me of any of the people whose footsteps I've followed in.

I never really modeled my game after anybody.

It's the ultimate compliment to be imitated or at least be somebody's influence, for sure.

I'm starting to see players copy what I do. I'm flattered.

We tend to become like those whom we admire.

No matter what you do, people are gonna try to emulate you. Whether it's a dunk by Michael Jordan or a swing by Ken Griffey Jr., kids are doing the same things.

It's like Christians who want to be like Jesus. We're just trying to follow in someone's footsteps. Might as well be The Beatles.

Everyone always gets a little irritated by imitators, but mostly I'm flattered. What if you never did anything anyone wanted to copy?

Like Ekalaiva, I learnt a lot watching my father from afar. Though I did imitate him initially, I soon changed tack. When people have already watched and enjoyed M. R. Radha on screen, why would they need another?

Ronald Reagan was the best Ronald Reagan ever, and Ronald Reagan was a cool guy. You're not Ronald Reagan. You can't run as him; you can't relive his career. You can't just have somebody else's career. You have to be you.

Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody.

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.

I try to follow his example, not to imitate him.

I know I have a responsibility as a role model to children and I try to fulfill that.

I don't think he's permanently affected me except in the sense that I miss him. I miss being him. Or trying to be him. He is one of a gallery of characters that have had an impact on my career and therefore my life.

I realized that I could try to sound like Waylon Jennings, or I could try to be like Waylon Jennings... but it's impossible to do both.

The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced by people. I was influenced by Steve Martin and Bob Newhart and Woody Allen, but I never tried to be someone else. I always tried to be myself. And the reason people are successful is they're unique.

There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own.

As a kid I loved John McEnroe. They called me Mac because, while everyone else liked Borg, I was crazy about McEnroe. I tried wearing headbands and sweatbands, and whooping at people. It didn't quite work.