Al Horford Quotes

I've learned what it truly means to be Canadian and in turn I've been inspired to make a difference in the world, however small it's been.

I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.

I feel like it's actually everybody's responsibility to use whatever platform they have to do good in the world, basically, and to try to make our society better, whether you're an accountant or an activist or an athlete or whatever it is. I think it's everybody's responsibility.

If you were to ask me what I want to do - I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.

What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.

I don't want young people to think they can't make a difference because they don't have money.

I've got the greatest job in the world. There's no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can make a difference every day in so many different ways and in so many different people's lives. It's a great challenge.

I could make a difference.

I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large.

It's been ingrained in me, from my parents and others, this idea of making a difference in the world.

Conversations with my mother, father, my grandparents, as I've grown up have obviously driven me towards wanting to try and make a difference as much as possible.

I grew up in a family of people who wanted to make a difference in the world.

From the moment I became an established international cricketer I always had a strong feeling that I should be doing some 'good' while I had that profile, using it to try and make a difference.

The responsibility I have is a great thing, from helping tennis grow in Canada, but also in the future, being able to do stuff through my foundation, helping kids, and helping everyone I can, and really trying to make a difference. It would be a shame to be in the spotlight, have a voice and not do much with it.

I just do what I can do to be one of the people who make a difference.

Like others before me, I have a great opportunity as an NFL player to make a difference in the lives of others.

I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.

I don't think of myself as a powerful person. But I do use the platforms I have to make a difference in the world. Anyone who has a position where they can make a difference should use it.

I want to get involved in things that makes a difference in peoples lives and lifts them up. I don't want to be a part of anything that's not inspiring or helpful to the community that I'm serving.

Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.

I feel like I'm capable of doing so many things to help people around the country and the world.

Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.

I always knew that I wanted to do the most that I could for the most people.

I never get upset about what I read in the newspaper. I realize that every human being can make a difference in this world.

At the end of the day the question comes, what are you doing for the world? You have to try to do something that's going to add something positive.