Skepta Quotes

Having been a world champion, I would love to go on and train a world champion too.

I wanted to be Deco, Titi Camara, or Pascal Feindouno when I was young, and now there are kids with my name on the back of their shirts! That is such a big motivation for me, and I hope I continue to show them that, with courage and determination, they can achieve anything.

Basketball gave me an avenue to live my dream, and I just want to help other kids live their dreams through me.

There are many mediocre entertainers who don't aspire to much more than fame and glory. It's very easy to have them as your role models because there aren't as many greats. Go back, discover the greats, and take it from there.

My whole thing is I can't wait to inspire the next young fighters from my hometown.

Will Smith has always been an inspiration for me.

One of my heroes growing up was Darren Gough, he always made things happen and I wanted to be like him.

One day I want to be like Will Smith.

That always pushes me when I see Mbappe and Marcus Rashford doing well because I know they are probably looking at me and seeing what I'm doing and it's probably pushing them.

Of course I want to be a superstar, but it doesn't happen overnight, and I see that from having a mentor.

Hopefully, one day, I'll be up there with Michael Jordan.

I just looked up to my brother because he was a professional. He was the one I wanted to follow.

I was just a small boy from Mississippi, and now little kids are going to identify with me through this game.

Dream and you shall become.

I did get to work with Anthony Hopkins on 'The Human Stain.' If I ever manage to accomplish a quarter of what he's achieved, I'll have had one hell of a career.

I'd see people being really successful, whether it was my teammates or big-name fighters like Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, and I'd think, 'I want to be a legend like that.'

A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

The NFL is my goal, not my dream. My dream is to have an impact on people.

If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?

I remember talking with a friend. He asked me a question. He said, 'What's your end game? What's your goal with this?' And I said to him, 'You know, I want to win the Academy Award one day.' And he said, 'OK'.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there.

Kids always need a role model. I let them know you can do it, too, if you really want to.

Researching Magic Johnson, I realized I clearly haven't done enough with my life.

This is something that's very special; people saying they watch me play who are now turning professional.