Nick Diaz Quotes

I don't have any influences, I influence people. People watch me.

I just want to be remembered as an inspiration. I don't want to be remembered as anything else.

There are artists, true performers that have come before me who have been a big inspiration to me. I hope I do the same for others.

We do not imitate, but are a model to others.

My mom was a '70s mom. She paved a road that no one had yet walked.

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.

The joy I get from winning a major championship doesn't even compare to the feeling I get when a kid writes a letter saying: 'Thank you so much. You have changed my life.'

I know who I am, and I know what my ambitions are. If one kid sees me on TV or sees me in a movie and relates, then I'm done. That's perfectly fine. That's enough for me.

Michelle Obama is not an average, 'It girl' woman, and I think that's why she's so fabulous.

When you look at some of the greatest people and players in the world they all stand for something outside their working lives.

I'm honored that everybody's inspired off my inspiration.

What I would love, instead of being a role model, is being someone of inspiration.

Conor McGregor has been a tremendous inspiration to me.

I haven't done any of the things I have done to inspire others, but I am sure that if I am watching my story from the outside I would be joining the club saying, 'Wow, that guy really gets you going.'

I would love to do roles which would become dream roles for others.

The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.

When I was 15 or 16 and I started climbing up the ladder of success in amateur boxing, a reporter asked me, "What do you want to be?" I think he was expecting me to say, "A champion." I said, "I want to be special." I don't know why I said that, but I didn't just want to be a fighter. I wanted to have an impact with people, particularly kids.

I don't think where people come from is that important. It doesn't matter if you come from reality TV. The question is whether you can inspire people.

I still credit Adrian Lester with being one of my biggest influences.

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

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.

When you learn that you inspired someone, it's a huge honor.

I'm hoping to make a new thing for the world that remains in the mind like a new species of living thing.

I never thought I'd be a role model but I think to some people I am or have been.

I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son. Hopefully I can make my son a role model to a lot of people.