James Charles Quotes

I'm honored if I can inspire somebody else.

I know that I'll end up being a role model for many, many people out there for all kinds of reasons.

If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person's life in a positive light, and that's what I want to do. That's what it's all about.

Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people.

I think that a leader is someone that needs to make an impact on, off the cricket field and in their lives as well.

The first time someone called me a role model, I remember thinking, 'What does that mean?' But I feel aware of it when I'm reading scripts.

The person I am every single day is the person that's growing and getting better. The more people look up to me, the more important it is to be concise with what message I want to leave. That's where I feel like I'm a role model. Maybe not to everyone, but for a lot of minorities, I am, and I kinda love that - the role model for the underdog.

For me, leadership is making a difference. It's using your agency to bring about change.

Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.

I was brought up in a family of leaders, and I think leadership is a life sentence. I like changing things that will shape the future.

You can't imagine how gratifying it is to have a reader come up to you and say, 'You changed my life.'

I try to be real positive because I know I'm being listened to, and I have a responsibility.

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

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

Being a role model is a little bit of pressure on me, but I know that people will support me either way which is a good feeling.

Parents will often thank me for being a good role model for their kids or tell me, 'You'll never understand how much you mean to my daughter,' so then I feel I don't want to let down the parents, either.

That's part of being a leader, being the guy that people look to and making everybody around you better.

It's amazing what one positive role model in your life can do in five minutes.

I definitely take it as a really big responsibility on my shoulders to make sure I'm motivating my generation and the people around me and, hopefully, inspire people to try something new.

I just feel like I have a chance to be a role model now.

You see how powerful some of the things you say and you do can be on people, especially young people.

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

I think a lot of people do see me as like a role model or as an ambassador.