Stephan James Quotes

It's almost a blessing for a new generation to say somebody like myself went to their school. It helps kids dream, and now they're getting into acting, football, whatever.

The lives of heroes have enriched history, and history has adorned the actions of heroes ; and thus I cannot say whether the historians are more indebted to those who provided them with such noble materials, or those great men to their historians.

I did get to work with Anthony Hopkins on 'The Human Stain.' If I ever manage to accomplish a quarter of what he's achieved, I'll have had one hell of a career.

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

You know, I think when I reflect on it, I think there's certainly a sense of history. When you have ambitions to play this game, you want to be one of the best ever, and you want to play so well and be so effective that you want people to remember your name 100 years from now.

I don't care what they say about me when I'm through with sports. I don't want to be known as anything else in life but a great father.

When I was growing up, I read Britney Spears' and Mariah Carey's biographies. I just wanted to see how they did it because I was so eager to get into the biz.

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.

As a kid, even I knew everything about my favourite cricketers. I used to know everything possible. Now I see kids knowing about me. It feels good.

Then to have Brett come along and follow in the footsteps, it's so gratifying. I get as much enjoyment out of watching Brett play as I did of entertaining people myself.

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.

Even people that know Johnny Cash's music really well and know that he was married don't really know that much about June Carter. So finding out about her really helped to inform my performance and to bring her to the front in a way that she has never been before.

All great people glorify their history and look back upon their early attainments with a spiritualized vision.

The unexpressed aim of every politician is to influence events that history books will record his name - and spell it right.

That is where I got my childhood memories, watching the Home Run Derby as a kid. Maybe some kids are watching me. I would like to return that.

Beckham was a great inspiration to me growing up.

I have labored to make the record of the great men of my time.

When Ariana Grande was starting out, everyone was like, 'You're just like Mariah Carey!' She inspires me so much because she just kept going and made her own name, and no one even says that anymore.

Having been a world champion, I would love to go on and train a world champion too.

Every child in every country in every small town should know who I am. There are a handful of people who have achieved that, and two of them are my idols Michael Jackson and Bruce Lee. I'd like to get to that level someday and touch as many lives as I can.

I went from never doing interviews to doing 10 in one day and standing in front of 60,000 fans. Now people look up to me, and I'm seeing little girls wearing my jersey.

I want to go down in the history books with what I've achieved.

I idolised former sprint and hurdling champion Colin Jackson.

I came to Watford to make history.