Patti Davis Quotes

When I'm 80 years old, I don't know what I want to be remembered for.

The further you go in life, the more you realize what you're going to leave this Earth. It's not going to be, 'It was a great platform. It was great to win the Super Bowl,' but really and truly what you're going to leave on this Earth is the influence on others.

I don't think I've done any profound work yet... People ask me, 'How would you want to be remembered?' I tell them I don't want to be remembered! I'm not here to become a Madhubala or receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. I'm not that kind of a person. And I'm not brash about it; it's just the way I am.

I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

My mother always told me that as you go through life, no matter what you do, or how you do it, you leave a little footprint, and that's your legacy.

Man is remembered by his deeds.

I want everyone to look back and think that I was awesome.

I want to be remembered for the good work that I've done, for the positive work, and as somebody who was innovative and who people enjoyed.

When I end my career, I don't need to win eight championships, I'd rather have done something special.

Every man's heart one day beats its final beat. His lungs breathe a final breath. And if what that man did in his life makes the blood pulse through the body of others, and makes them bleed deeper and something larger than life, then his essence, his spirit, will be immortalized.

Everybody makes money; not everybody makes history.

If your vision dies with you, you failed.

It is grievous for a man to leave behind him a shadow in his own shape.

I'm trying to make history. I've always put history above money.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. It is to create something that will.

I don't want to retire on the independent scene. I don't want my legacy to be remembered as that.

It's hard to put a price on a life's work.

There are people who are unsure, and maybe their minds can be changed based on someone's work and accomplishments. Those people are the ones I'm interested in having stay tuned and watching for the rest of my career.

When you're caught up in your career, you're not thinking about becoming a legend one day or how, 25 years from now, you'll be immortalized in something or that you might be going into the Hall of Fame.

I want to be more than the heavyweight champion. I want to do great things.

Men like Sunil Dutt should not be mourned, only envied for their greatness.

What matters is that you do great work, and you will definitely be remembered for that for years to come.

The Shield was only around for what? Two years? And we did a lot in two years. I think the fact that people even take those two years and put them up against the reputations of those other groups really says a lot about what we were able to accomplish in that short period of time.

Cristiano left the bar very high at Real Madrid. You cannot cover the sun with a finger.

I don't necessarily get rubs from championships, I'd like to feel the championship gets a rub off of me.