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When I was growing up, yearning with my pals to be a track star, one of our heroes was Bruce Jenner.... NICHOLAS KRISTOF I wanted to be like my father, who was a cattle man and a rodeo roper. And that was - he was my hero...
DAVE BRUBECK Track was a lot of fun. It wasn't my favorite. There was a lot of individual effort. Everyone got ca...
BARRY HACKETT I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I ...
DAN O'BRIEN Meryl Streep was my hero. I wanted to be that type of actor more than anything.
JENNIFER COOLIDGE
I'd wanted to be an actress my whole life, that was my goal, that was all I cared about. KRISTIN DAVIS I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just ...
DAN O'BRIEN
My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science ... DAVID SOUL My stepdad is Bruce Jenner, the Olympian. The first time he came over was like a blind date, and we ...
KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN
Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be ... BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS
Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be... BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS If I wanted to be a cameraman, which was my goal, he was the most perfect subject I could have. He w...
BARRY REBO
When I initially started acting, all I wanted to do was to be in one movie. That's it. That was ... ADAM BEACH I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing ...
EDIE FALCO When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated...
DAVID ALAN GRIER
I wanted to do in boxing what Bruce Lee was able to do in karate. Lee was an artist, and, like him, ... SUGAR RAY LEONARD
In the beginning, all I wanted to do was to be a singer and a dancer. That was my real groove, my re... WESLEY SNIPES My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always called...
ED BRADLEY
My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant. JUNE JORDAN
I was about 12 when I heard my first Lenny Bruce record. He was already dead. But it changed my life... PENN JILLETTE Caitlyn Jenner is not brave nor a hero
KYLE BROFLOVSKI My dad was more tensed than I was a day before the release. Having learned that 'Bruce Lee' ...
RAM CHARAN I didn't always know, but I always wanted to. I always wanted to be the very best receiver the C...
MICHAEL IRVIN I was born in Fayette County, over in Lexington, Kentucky, but I was raised most of my life in Paint...
CHRIS STAPLETON
With 'Attachments,' my goal was to write a really good romantic comedy. I wanted the reader ... RAINBOW ROWELL
He was also great personal company: charming, witty and mischievous. He was my hero as well as my fr... TOM BROKAW
My goal was to try and kind of be our generation's Marty McFly. That was what my all-time goal w... TOM HOLLAND
When I was a teenager, my idol was the Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff. He's the only person I'... FERRAN ADRIA I was waving to all my Dutch fans, because that's all that's out there.
KC BOUTIETTE
Muddy Waters, I suppose, was my first great hero. You know, every boy wants to be a guitar player, a... HUGH LAURIE
From very early on, I had always wanted to be a stand-up comedian. It was my passion; it was my goal... MIKE BINDER
Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him. WARREN ZEVON I busted my butt in Germany and could have stayed, but I wanted to come back to the States and finis...
JACOB THOMAS
My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a ... HARRISON FORD I know that I'm not Bruce Springsteen, ... But it was a symbolic statement that I wanted to make.
YOUSSOU N'DOUR When I was a kid, Jacques Cousteau was my hero and the person who inspired me to become an underwate...
ENRIC SALA
I remember seeing war hero Jimmy Doolittle fly a Gee Bee racer there. He was my childhood hero. Many... WALLY SCHIRRA I wanted to make an album that was painfully honest, like (Bruce) Springsteen's 'Tunnel of Love,'
DARREN HAYES When I wrote 'Hatchet,' I knew that I was not re-inventing the wheel. That was never my inte...
ADAM GREEN
It was never what I wanted to buy that held my heart's hope. It was what I wanted to be. LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD When I started the season, I just wanted to stay healthy; that was goal No. 1. I also wanted to save...
FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always ...
GAVIN O'CONNOR
I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition. IMRAN KHAN I thought martial arts was going to help me with my movies and TV stuff, but I realized it would not...
BAS RUTTEN I love palm strikes because you have a longer reach. Normally, when you give a left hook and then a ...
BAS RUTTEN Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.
BAS RUTTEN Everybody knows a guillotine choke, and most know how to get to one. But if you can create a differe...
BAS RUTTEN I was this kid who never sat down. Nobody liked me? Well, I'd make sure they'd like me. I wa...
BAS RUTTEN It is better to do too much than to do too little.
BAS RUTTEN I knew everything in the forest. I had a secret home tree, where I pretty much lived. I also liked r...
BAS RUTTEN I don't believe in an eye for an eye. I believe in two eyes for an eye.
BAS RUTTEN A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.
BAS RUTTEN You know he's my hero, and I think he must be your hero, too.
BARBARA LEWIS My goal was to keep my average above .290. As long as I did that, I was happy.
BRIAN FINEGAN
Everyone loved my father. He was so nice that people took advantage of him. We were lower middle cla... JERRY REINSDORF
I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league st... RYAN GIGGS I was born in South Bend, and I've been a Hoosier all my life.
JACKIE WALORSKI One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspira...
WAYNE NEWTON Actually, my goal in 2002 was to make the Pro Bowl, ... My goal this season was to be the best defen...
KRIS JENKINS That was my main goal. I figured I wouldn't have any help at all and all I wanted to do was gain res...
DENNY HAMLIN I came into this meet knowing I had a shot at winning the 100 and 50. That was my goal, so that's wh...
AMANDA WEIR
As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial ... JACKIE CHAN
My father was in the ad business, and he wanted to be a painter. BRUCE CAMPBELL (After the losses) I decided I had to break through. I had to set a goal. My goal that I set was to ...
KYLE MAYNARD I was delighted to be invited to the Dutch Consulate in Edinburgh to receive their medal from Michae...
GEORGE GRAY
My sporting hero was Drazen Petrovic, the NBA basketball player, who was killed in a car accident in... GORAN IVANISEVIC I was hoping to have the team place in the top five. That was my goal.
JASON TANNER
I just think that that was my goal two years ago was to make sure that my team felt like one, NANCY LOPEZ Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Oly...
LAURE MANAUDOU He was a hero in war. He was a hero as a police officer. He was our hero.
BRIAN EILERMAN My hero when I was a boy was Sammy Baugh, who was in the pros already, but he came from a little tow...
BOB LILLY
When I was young, 'Scarface' was my favorite film. Al Pacino is my hero. I want to work with... RAIN
My father wanted to be a hero. He went to the Air Force Academy, was valedictorian, and then he foun... PATTY JENKINS I used to play baseball, so when Bruce cut baseball, my initial reaction was not to like the decisio...
GARY THOMPSON Buffalo was my hero when I was growing up in Waikiki. It was kind of cool to be inducted with him in...
DAVID NUUHIWA
Steven Spielberg was my childhood hero. RIHANNA
I wouldn't necessarily say that I was, like, OK, I need to get into this market, I need to get in th... CHRIS BROWN Growing up, he was my hero. He still is. Wearing his number is kind of a tribute to him.
JOSH BARFIELD It was never my goal to be an actor.
RACHEL HURD-WOOD
I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan. JACKIE CHAN
Most actors are like, 'I want to be more like Marlon Brando.' But when I was a little kid, I... LUCAS TILL My daddy was a World War I pilot, and I just wanted to be able to fly like he did.
FORREST BIRD My father felt he had no choice. I felt that given time, something could have been worked out and th...
DAVID BEHRING He soon grew up seeing him be a hero, ... He wanted to be just like his dad. A hero.
JOSE DIAZ
In April 2006, a Dutch court ordered that I leave my safe-home that I was renting from the State. Th... AYAAN HIRSI ALI
My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer. SAM BROWNBACK My dad was a good man, he had standards, principles, and a code of honor.I always wanted to say the ...
GARY F EVANS... My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in...
NORMAN LAMM
Who's my hero? That's a great question... Well, I think my dad is my hero, because he's ... TOM BRADY
My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining. DWAYNE JOHNSON
The person that made me want to make movies, and the reason I do films, is Bruce Lee. He was an incr... LL COOL J My first goal was to make the cut, I just wanted to prepare as normal for a tournament and just forg...
DANNY DENISON My goal is to be friends with Elvis fans; not to make them my fans, but to make them my friends and ...
MIKE ALBERT After 'Life Unexpected' ended, I wanted to do something that was completely different from L...
BRITT ROBERTSON My mother approved, my father just didn't accept the idea of my being an actor. I think that's the r...
JAMES STEWART The rules only applied to
people who couldn’t afford different rules.
CAMERON STRACHER
I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he want... RODNEY DANGERFIELD My goal coming into this season was to win the Indy 500. When I achieved that, I had to adjust my mi...
DAN WHELDON
That was the strange thing - I didn't hate my father. He had wanted something. Like I wanted Suzanne... EMMA CLINE John Barry was my hero when I was about 13. His scores to the James Bond movies were the scores of m...
CARTER BURWELL
