Alicia Keys Quotes

My mission is to let black kids know that their dreams can happen.

I think we need to do as much as we can to give back to these young kids growing up. I think we've done a pretty decent job so far.

As a youngster in the projects, I definitely didn't have anything. So if you get something, you want to be able to give back and help others.

I still get very emotional when a girl - 13 or 14 - comes up to me and says, 'Your videos really helped me.'

I feel a responsibility to try and give back. I see young people out there who are trained, and any way I can help them and give them an opportunity is gratifying.

I can't eradicate poverty, but at least for the people around me, I can help make sure no child is denied a dream.

Getting in the community, working with the kids, was a way that I felt like I could get out and make a change.

I'm here to save someone. I really want to help other people, especially the youth.

I feel honored to be an example for others. It makes it feel worthwhile to have overcome all the challenges I have encountered so I can help others to dream and also fulfill their dreams.

I just want to help people, especially with the platform I'm on. I try and help people as much as possible.

A lot of those young folks look up to me in the city of Houston. I give hope and inspiration and try to change people's lives for the better in the city of Houston.

As professional footballers, we are in a fortunate position compared to much of society. I think it's important we keep this in mind and try to support those less lucky than us where we can.

Teaching university students affords me the opportunity to demonstrate to young adults that they don't have to be perfect to make contributions to their country.

Those of us involved in football must be aware of the power we have to help. We also have a responsibility to return to society all that society has given to us.

I think, what I would communicate to people, if you are really keen in helping the world, you could spend so much quality time in terms of coaching, learning, providing great energy to the social entrepreneurs.

We've got to help our community out. We've got to help Baltimore out, because it's a lot of things that have been handed down in our society that we're dealing with.

Children who know that they have something to offer others will learn that they can shape the world around them for the better.

Being self-made means putting yourself in position to help others put themselves in position to be successful.

If you ever get in a position to influence and inspire the youth of the country, you should do it.

When I think about Edmonton, Silver Street and Pymmes Park, the old people whose faces are so unhappy, it pushes me to be better. I want to be better to help places like this.

Nobody is going to love and honor your dreams like yourself. It's really not looking for someone to be your superhero but for us to save ourselves and to really understand that. I've been at the lowest of lowest of my life, and it took that for me to realize that I want to do better and to be better.

When I mentor girls, I'll go around the room and ask them what they want to be or do. I've heard so many kids say, 'I don't want to be anything,' which is really shocking, but it's because no one has sat down and asked them.

Part of being a player is trying to affect the community you're in and helping people. If there's one kid I can help, I feel like I did my job.

As long as I can keep one child off the streets or change one child's life for the better, then that's enough for me.

If I can give that back to one little girl, much less thousands, and if they start on this journey because they saw me do this, then I did a good thing with my career and my life.