How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it.
When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.
One of the best lessons I learned early is that not everything in life is about you. It is about service. If you want trips and excessive gifts, then don't get into public service.
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.
I have been given such a wonderful opportunity, and I want to share that with people. If I can share that with kids in hospital, then that seems like the right thing to do.
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
It doesn't have to take a Portland Trail Blazer or a professional basketball player to do good things in the community. You can work at a bank or work at a 7-Eleven.
There's a difference between a job and purpose. If I did my job without purpose, I wouldn't have the intention to put things out there that should be heard. But I have a purpose.
For some reason, I always thought I was special. And for some reason, I always thought that I had a purpose in life: that I was supposed to contribute to the world.
The first 'D' is to dream: dream big - not for yourself, but for the country and for the world. The second 'D' is to discover: discover your full potential and the opportunities that surround you; and the third 'D' is to do. 'Do' means to act on your dreams and make best use of the opportunities you have discovered.
I'd really like to make my mark in India.
I've never worked for the sake of working. There's probably enough crap out there for me not to add to it.
I don't think anything about a personal legacy. I mean, those words would never come out of my mouth unless I just repeated them. Those things have never been important to me.
I don't have a big thing about leaving my mark or being historic.
What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.
Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.
I've always wanted to make an impact.
Going out and volunteering sounds simple, but many people don't volunteer because they don't know where to start.
I feel like sometimes I'm in a position to really do some good, so I try to do that.
It makes me happy to know that I've been able to impact people's lives.
You have to live life to the fullest. I don't want to slow down. I want the giving to be stepped up. So the older I get, the less I will be involved in the business side, the more in the philanthropic side.
I had a lot of chances to do things that other people don't ever get, and I have to be content with that. I have to look around for some other way to make myself useful.
That's what everyone should do with their lives: stand up for what they believe in or try to do some good in the world. I don't think artists have a greater responsibility than anyone else.
That's something I always say is good to do in life, is to leave our mark in this lifetime.
