Ethan Zohn Quotes

I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.

Once I got to the NBA I wanted to continue to work with the Special Olympics and those with special needs.

While many applauded Oprah for opening her heart to young girls in South Africa, some criticized her for not investing in the youth of America.

I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs. State, national and Olympic champions begin at a grassroots level.

I think we need to do as much as we can to give back to these young kids growing up. I think we've done a pretty decent job so far.

Taking part in these types of programs is crucial to our youth and crucial to the future of this game.

One of my dreams in life is to do fund-raising for the youth.

I've always thought of myself as a role model even before being a 'celebrity.' I've always been doing charity work and volunteering in the community since I was 8, so when you do that, I think you just assume that role when you put yourself out there.

I'm going to go back to the Bay Area, this is my thing, and I'm just going to open my own school of baseball. Find a facility, find a place and just teach kids. That's what I want to do.

Working with kids is something I really enjoy doing - that's why I also do work with UNICEF.

I definitely know I'm going to be working a lot more with my foundation when it comes to developing the kids in Jamaica.

There was a guy that was friends with my father, a very well-known and powerful hustler on the Eastern seaboard. He was a very interesting guy who would literally rent a passenger van and would take the poor kids from the ghettos and black neighborhoods down to the sporting goods store and just spend money. Buy them whatever they want.

Part of our job as quote-unquote 'celebrities' is that we can gather people around things that are important. I think it should be a requisite - there should be a clause in the contract that you have to give back.

Celebrities who lend their names to causes to raise lot of money for important issues should be admired and not marginalized and made fun of.

My dad had a spell when he came out of coaching doing some work with underprivileged children on quite a rough council estate in Southampton to help the kids and take them out to places. I used to go along with him. I used to play football with them, mess about with them. I was only 13 or 14 and became good friends with them.

I think every athlete should give back to schools. I know athletes donate and have things that they give charity to, but, at the end of the day, it's the younger generation that we need to be helping.

I always give my best on the field, but I think modern footballers have a big opportunity to make a difference in peoples' lives.

Special Olympics is an organization I have done a lot of work with, first while growing up in Massachusetts and then as an NBA player in Philadelphia.

I grew up in youth programs in Chicago, so they are definitely close to my heart. It is all about helping kids and giving back to a sport that has given me so much.

I've always wanted to work with young people from disadvantaged areas.

I want to be looked at as a positive role model and a person who supports the community. I want to help the kids who are in need and need a role model to look up to to show them the way.

The UFC actually does a lot of charity stuff, but they don't talk about it that much.

I don't have a problem participating with the youth because the youth are our future.

Growing up as a kid, I played for Wallsend Boys Club, a famous boys club. I had such a good childhood and upbringing there.

I am very happy working with Inter, helping them build the club's international relationship with both Fifa and Uefa, promoting the marketing side, its social responsibility activities as well as being involved with the club's academy.