Laila Ali Quotes

I know I have a responsibility as a role model to children and I try to fulfill that.

I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn't perfect.

I have five young children, and I take being a role model very seriously.

As a dad, it's kind of exciting to see that your son follows what you believe in so strongly.

I wanted to do something inspirational for my children.

I'd like my son to remember me as a good dad.

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

I think my dad is definitely my biggest role model, personally, just in my day-to-day life.

I feel like being a good model for my children is something that I do take seriously.

I'm a reflection of my mom, my brothers and everyone in my family. How I carry myself is a reflection of how they raised me. I've learned that.

There's a whole bunch of other young parents that are just like me. I need to be a great example.

My dad has always inspired me.

We all live by example.

Be what you wish your children to be. Parents have perpetuated by precept and example their own stamp of character to their posterity.

I love being the person my kids depend on to learn. Everything they learn, for the most part, comes from you - how they treat people, how they look at the world, how they process things. I love being that example for them, just like my parents were for me.

I was very fortunate to have some great mentors. A father that was always in my life set the example every day at home. Everybody asks me, 'What was your role model?' My role model slept 20 feet from me every night. I could always go talk to him and ask him questions no matter what it was about.

If what I say or what I do affects others who look up to me as a role model, that pleases me so much.

I enjoy being a role model for kids.

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.

I take some pride in... representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids.

That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.

I'm no role model.

I would love to be a role model.

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

I have found having my dad as my North Star has worked well for me.