DeAndre Jordan Quotes

I've always wanted to know what it's like to be the first to do something.

My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'

There is never any precedent until it happens for the first time.

I felt like I was trailblazing. And that's what I did.

In a society that glorifies the pioneers, it's easy to think that an endeavor is only worth pursuing if you can be the first to pursue it.

What I have done here no one has done before.

Somebody sold millions of record before. I want to do something that hasn't been done.

To get to play a man that has broken walls, that's broken barriers, that's an honor.

That would be pretty cool being the first one to do the quint.

The most successful people are so original.

I used to say in interviews that I don't necessarily want to be the first black woman or first model to do certain things; I just want to see it done.

I'm here to break boundaries, man. That's all. I'm here to be the first so that the people after me don't have to think twice about expressing themselves and being free.

I would like to be a legend, everyone wants to be a legend.

I'm proud of my status as a pioneer in this business.

When you are the first of anything, there is a bigger responsibility put on you.

My mom was the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Chicago Law School, in 1946. She had leadership roles in the law, in government and the corporate world. She was a great role model in that she felt anything was possible.

In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail.

Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult.

Every vision is a joke until the first man accomplishes it; once realized, it becomes commonplace.

To me, Arnold was a pioneer in the spirit of Thomas Edison or Benjamin Franklin, while Tiger is a pioneer in the spirit of Bill Gates.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

A great man is the man who does something for the first time.

Pioneers will always get the stones, when everyone later gets the accolades.

I break ground. I trailblaze.

People need to remember that I am the first black driver in F1, so I am obviously going to be different to past drivers.