“It’s important to have role models, role models that look like you and representation matters, for it gives hope and courage to pursue one’s endeavors.

I am really interested to help young females to achieve what they want to. I try to be as much of a role model as I can because I want to help and inspire other people—not only in sports but whatever goal they have

It is strange but I’m proud to be considered a role model. It’s almost weird to hear those words but they mean a lot.

I see myself as a role model for other Ugandan women.

I'm not only just a role model to say, 'See what I did, you can do it too', but to actually give people the tools and the techniques and the research to understand how to break through those barriers. I love that I get to do that.

as a woman, they look at me as a role model. Therefore, as a role model, I need to set targets for myself and them. I need to set something that they will follow.

As a mother and as a woman in public office, I take my job as a role model very seriously,We need to teach today’s girls to be tomorrow’s leaders. That means teaching them to believe that the ability to do great things is not determined by sex, but by your mind, your skills, and your commitment.This task is made more difficult when public figures make comments like these.

Not everybody chooses to be a role model. But once you are, you have an obligation to your fans and the people that look up to you. You try to make a positive impact.

It is very important for female footballers that we are role models.

I was proud to be a role model, not because I have done so much, but to say to young people that it can be done.

I don't feel the need to be a role model, it's just something that's been thrust upon me. Teachers and a lot of Asian-American organizations, for example, say to me, "We need you to come and speak to us because you're a role model." ... Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden. Someone who writes fiction is not necessarily writing a depiction of any generalized group, they're writing a very specific story.

I really felt as though I could be a good leader and role model by building a company that celebrated diversity and bringing in a clientele that will continue to support us,

First and formost, I am an advocate of girl-child education because I have seen the benefits, and I have been a role model to many young girls. I will call on the women in the state, the region and country in general to really be focused, to be determined to achieve the best in any condition and environment they found themselves.

I do feel like I’ve been fortunate to step into these roles that exemplify young women stepping into their power in the sense of owning who they are and making a change in the world. [The people I represent] might not necessarily know it was through their example, but as the actress I now see that I was somehow able to be a role model by living that character’s story. Not every single part is that extraordinary where I get to do that. I also like to play roles that are super fun and wacky, but it feels good to be able to have that variety and step into a place of empowerment.