#role models

I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models. ↗

— Charles Barkley

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Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models. ↗

— Bill Bradley

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I didn't have any role models really. My best friend was a dog. My mum and dad saved a dog from the gutter and that dog was my brother before Jesse was born. Sami was his name and he was my role model. ↗

— Ville Valo

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There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men. ↗

— Catherine Deneuve

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My role models in the business were the older guys on my team when I first got there: Gray Scott, Adrian Smith, Roland Taylor. These were the guys who took me under their wing, and really schooled me in terms of what the business was about. ↗

— Julius Erving

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But I think role models also start in the home with your parents. ↗

— Dominique Wilkins

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To give you an idea what it feels like to be going in with some of the best baseball players of all-time, I mean it is fantastic. I have to say this about them, there are so many of these guys up here that were my role models, people I looked up to, people I wanted to be like. ↗

— Dave Winfield

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Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models. ↗

— Lee Haney

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They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was inspired by it. She motivated me to do it, because we don't have role models as woman for directors. ↗

— Salma Hayek

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Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

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