Quotes About Education

I used to finish school and go and play football.

I understood I had to be good at school so I could play football in my free time. Usually, by the time I came home from school, I already had all my things ready for the next day, so I could put my bag on the side and go straight out to play football with my friends!

My parents wanted me to have a good education, so I finished school, and at the same time I was able to play football.

I used to play flute and clarinet at school, and although I wasn't thinking about making a living or getting a pay cheque, I already knew I was going to play music all my life.

I dropped out of school at 17 'cause all I wanted to do was play music. I had odd jobs on the side of gigging until I turned 22, when I was lucky to start doing this full time.

I didn't go to college and I worked so I could play music. That was my goal.

No matter how much cricket you have played you are always learning.

When I was growing up, in L.A., I went to these schools, Fairfax High School, Bancroft Junior High School, and they had great music departments. I always played in the orchestra, the jazz band, the marching band.

I just feel I got my inspiration, education and all from others that came before me. And I added my... I don't even know if I added anything. I played what they played, and it sounded different, I guess.

I played piano back in my elementary school days and I sang a cappella back in college.

I played music all through school and I kind of performed that way.

If I was a second-team player, I probably would have gone to uni.

I read every book there was on jazz, about the original players - King Oliver, Buddy Bolden and all those groups. At one time I was fairly well schooled in that... I could tell you who played where and when, historically, way before my time.

What I feel for the ball, what I enjoy, as a player and now as a coach, the satisfaction I feel when I see great players, is the same as in the school playground: seeing moves build, seeing understanding, passes flow, seeing it all fit together. That's what I admire and ultimately, that's what you learn at school.

Education is very important, and the botanical garden is the place to do that. I grew up in a semi-rural area and learned from that being my playground.

I wouldn't have went to school if I wasn't playing football.

Kids in high poverty are much more expensive to educate and need much more support... When they're packed into a classroom of 40 people, they don't have the support they need, they're lost. Schools are supposed to be the thing that levels the playing field.

I did some school plays in elementary school, but that was it.

At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again.

Mentorship plays such an important role in business - we know it's a must - and I believe schools should embrace it in a much fuller way.

I had done plays in high school. It was something I always wanted to do since I was little. I was a drama major at UC-Irvine.

I did plays in grade school.

I took an acting class at Cerritos Junior College and I did a handful of plays, maybe five or six plays.

I got into plays in high school then I ended up going to college for it.