Damon Wayans Quotes

My grandparents and my aunts tell me that I need to make a name for myself like my mother. Their thoughts really motivate me.

To be able to know kids one day will want to be like me, I hold myself to a super high standard.

My father, who is now in Heaven, was a supporter of La U, and I think the truth is that a lot of my family would like me to end up there. My dad was the pillar of the family, and sometimes people do things for their family as well.

Because of my father, we are that Shining City on a Hill.

I'm a role model for lots of young girls.

As the youngest, I wanted to be my father's son and perpetuate the family name.

My dad was the baby. When he was born they were already successful. They sent him to business school - he probably would have loved to have been a poet or a writer or something, and he was very creative.

Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then, when I was young, eight or nine years old, ten years old, I just want to be like my father.

I want my family to resemble the family I came from.

My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I try to walk that talk for my children.

For me it was a normality having a father who was a world champion. I grew up with that, so it was never extra pressure. And I've never felt the need to emerge from his shadow.

Shout-out to my dad - he influenced my style when I was 17.

I had my father, and he was an amazing man and an amazing role model, so I always wanted to mirror that.

Your example should be stellar among your friends, associates, family, teachers, co-workers, and other Christians.

To fill the shoes of rock 'n' roll, because of the family I have, is a really hard thing.

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather.

I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.

My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.

My dad was a fabulous role model. I wanted to be just like him.

I have carried the burden of being a role model for some time. And that's great. The body of work I've done has afforded me that opportunity.

I was really lucky that I had an aunt who was very inspiring to me. She was different than anybody in my family on either side.

Kids are the ultimate form of motivation. They're watching. They're mimicking. They're an extension of you. So you have to win.

My father's mother really had a profound influence on me. She literally began her day with an hour of reading. But the most fundamental impact was education.

I want to be a role-model player, someone respected and looked up to.

I won't do a role which children in my family cannot look up to.