Daniel Boulud Quotes

I've always felt obligated to help those less fortunate than me. It's an obligation that anyone who has a chance to be in the NBA should feel and act upon.

It's a project that touched me as an immigrant and as a New Yorker.

To succeed in the tech industry, you start businesses, make money, and make smart investments. But to succeed in the tech community, you do and build awesome things, are generous with your time and efforts, and make a point of making space for strangers - without any expectation of payback.

When you live in a place, you're not just taking from it, you're contributing to it. In America I would never be able to make myself a person who could contribute. I wasn't interested in that society; I was interested in this society.

I'm using the success I've had to help other people shine.

Every time we do anything, Austin's the No. 1 place of all that supports it. Austin is our biggest philanthropic helper, even for things that have nothing to do with Austin or Texas.

There's a lot of people that are in need. We're going little by little... I'm only one person, but we are contributing.

America was built by immigrants. Immigrants come here for work - to contribute and get to a better place. That's my story. It's a story of hope.

If you are a success, you can take care of people; you can give a lot to your community.

As more doors open for me, I try to always bring people who I know through.

I feel that public service is so important and giving back, being a role model and helping people in need is something that I would love to do.

Immigrants are working hard to give our families a better life. Isn't that what the American Dream is?

I wish that more of the celebrities, who are multi-millionaires, probably, are able to say to themselves, 'Wow, my communities are under attack, and I need to give back to my community.'

Football has given me a lot and I have tried my best to give something back.

I want to show that you can be a successful entertainment executive, be a good husband, be a good father, be a good friend, be down to earth, be a good person, and give back. If I can push that message out there into the world and pass it on to my son, then I'm OK.

I was an immigrant when I came, and one of my biggest things was I really wanted to fit in. I didn't want to be, 'Oh, look at that guy;' I wanted to be part of the crowd. Which is a weird thing, because the more successful I got, the more out of the crowd I became.

It feels good to be in a place now where I can give back to my community.

New Yorkers know how to borrow wildly. You know, Louis Armstrong was not a New York musician. He went from New Orleans to Chicago to New York, and when he arrived here, he taught those New Yorkers. New York needs that infusion.

I'm committed to giving back to the community and will continue to do whatever I can to help people in need.

In L.A., you have to drive; in New York, you can do it on foot. The variety, the potential, of people is in your face. Like any good creator, you want to steal everything.

For us to become a nation, everyone - including Arabs, Druze, ultra-Orthodox and new immigrants - must feel that they belong. Their success is extremely important to us. If they succeed, they will come to understand the advantages of democracy and freedom.

It is important for me to help others because I was also helped by others before I became part of the Black Eyed Peas.

The biggest accolades aren't the Grammys for me. It's creating opportunities for people.

When you're successful, a professional athlete, you can help a lot of others.

I'm still very involved in my community. I give back and I'm always there for the homies. That's one of the biggest parts of what I do.