Lou Williams Quotes

Greatness is contagious...You'll catch it if you get around it.

I just want to be great. I want to stand out, be a great leader for this defense, and I'm just trying to leave it all out on the field.

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

If there was no Bill Bowerman, there would have been no me. He had about as much of an impact on my life as any one person could have. He taught me about competition and ingrained it in me. He taught me not to praise ordinary performances.

I want to be more than the heavyweight champion. I want to do great things.

No,' he said, 'you only have to live long enough to inspire others to do great things.

Choose great people and shine in their shadows

I want to be a major force.

There are no great people. There are only great topics.

You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

Be great in act, as you have been in thought.

There are many mediocre entertainers who don't aspire to much more than fame and glory. It's very easy to have them as your role models because there aren't as many greats. Go back, discover the greats, and take it from there.

The NFL is my goal, not my dream. My dream is to have an impact on people.

High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.

I wanted to emulate my parents - Mum captained India in basketball, and Dad won a bronze in hockey in 1972 Olympics. My focus has always been to achieve excellence whether in the field of tennis, in the corporate field, in the art of acting or in motivating youngsters.

People who dream of something bigger and better are good role models.

I think Oprah who is the height of aspiration and inspiration recognizes something in me that is germane.

Leadership is one of the things I really strive to excel in in my life.

Great hopes make great men.

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

Decide exactly what you want to achieve. Do you want to help people, or do you want to be powerful?

You are watching what greatness is all about.

I feel privileged that people are looking up to me, and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence.

It is so inspiring when you come across a woman who is very strong and dedicated and is amazing at what they do. That's how I feel about Meryl Streep. You watch her, and you can't help but notice all of that about her. She's so influential.

I think having a vision can make someone an influential man. I'm not talking about acting or anything like that, I'm talking about people I admire, whether it's a writer or a musician or a sports figure or a politician, whatever.