Adam Rippon Quotes

Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there.

I use my celebrity status to inspire someone, to give them hope.

It is just satisfying to think that, somehow, my music and my story could touch someone and make them want to make their own life better.

I think there's strength in seeing somebody who's not necessarily winning at life... to make something that makes people feel like they've won when they hear it.

The most incredible part of seeing people embrace and recognize my music is experiencing the lives of people when they are powerfully affected, encouraged, and personally impacted.

Getting comments like that from even the young people at the shows who probably aren't singers, the girls who just tell me that I'm an inspiration to them, for one reason or another.

It's always been my hope that I would write a story that would inspire and would connect with people in a way that would touch hearts.

I cannot save the world; that's not what I'm trying to do. I guess I'm just trying to walk the walk and be an example to those that want it. Not everybody does, but if Mary J. Blige can come out of that same hole you were in, then you can do it, too - that's my goal: to do that without saying it, but actually live it.

When I see these young girls who are dreaming the dream that I'm living, it's very very exciting and it puts a big smile on my face.

I even got letters form kids in hospitals saying the music is what keeps them going, and that really touched my heart.

I want to be a beacon to kids like me, the ones who grow up without hope.

I play to inspire people and give confidence to young kids who might shy away because of their size.

Meeting kids who feel inspired by my story, it means so much to me.

I want to be an inspiration to as many people as I can.

Knowing that I inspire kids - it's a great feeling.

Raheem Sterling is a role model to a lot of young lads coming through.

It is wonderful but kind of surreal when people turn to me and say they see some kind of an inspiration.

Just to see kids who are inspired by you is an amazing feeling.

I may not be a role model, but I most definitely could be motivation for a lot of people in the hoods.

I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

I feel like I have some stuff that matches 'Fight Song,' not in necessarily the message exactly but in the emotion and honesty.

I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That's why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening.

I want to do stories that inspire people.

Yes, I do strive to be someone young women can look up to.

My dream is to try to reach as many kids and readers who might need an unlikely hero to connect to.