Kristaps Porzingis Quotes

I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me.

Even though I'm retired for some years now I still have something positive to say to kids. And they still listen.

It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you.

Everywhere I go, the kids call me 'the book lady.' The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the 'book lady' title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I've done something good with my life and with my success.

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

When kids want a picture or autograph, you reflect later on and realize you did something good. Then you see them come back five years later, they're all grown up, have their own lives and they tell you how much you inspired them. You're like, 'Whoa.'

My role model was Sachin Tendulkar as a kid. I feel very proud that I have been able to follow his footsteps and become a UNICEF ambassador like him.

I played with Baggio when I was young. I grew up with his myth, and to actually play with him was like being in a dream. I tried to hang out with him, to study how he played and to learn from him.

I'd definitely like to give back. I know a lot of kids watch college wrestling, and a lot of kids watch me, want to meet me and introduce themselves.

I definitely hope and I feel that I am inspiring, but I don't like the word 'role model.'

I don't want anybody to be like me. By the end of my career, I don't want to hear talk of another Myles Garrett.

My guy growing up was Deacon Jones from Eatonville, Florida, where I'm from.

I get people who come up to me and are like, 'You make me wanna live my dream.' I was them, so I'm like, 'Me, out of all people? No way.' Eddie Guerrero did that for me, so to have little girls and guys tell me I inspire them, I didn't know that came with the job, but it's so cool.

When I started coming on the scene, just really new into NXT, and people started seeing me, I got a lot of positive feedback from my friends, my friends back home. They were like, 'Oh, you are doing such great things for young girls,' and then it clicked in my head, like, 'Wow! I didn't know that was something I could do here.'

That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.

Life comes as a full circle. It feels good when you become someone's idol.

If I can be a role model for kids, then that's fantastic. That's what I want to do.

That's what cool about me being here and still being in the wrestling business. I can still give back, even being in the announcer's booth. I still feel like I'm a role model and I have a job to do.

A lot of young girls look up to me and it's amazing.

For me, I just want to be a role model, put a positive impact on the kids that are watching the sport, that want to be a part of the sport, and leave a good everlasting impact on the sport, continue my legacy down the road.

I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form.

This kid [Janks Morton, Jr.] was so special, although he's not a kid anymore, obviously, but he was there from day one of my rise through boxing. You know how the years go by and then, when you stop to reflect, you realize that someone was a part of your whole evolution as an individual? That's what I share with Junior.

A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.

Basketball is just a platform for me to inspire people.

I have always believed that I could help change the world, because I have been lucky to have adults around me who did.