Quotes About Encouragement

I'm real pleased and humbled by the support that the fans show.

Rampone and the other experienced players gave me plenty of support when I first came into the national team in 2013.

Some people have never fancied me, but there have been plenty others who have backed me.

I can't imagine my loved ones being in this world without anybody to turn to, without any support or encouragement, guidance in any shape, form or fashion. But there's such a large population of people and that's their plight. Through no fault of their own. Sometimes parents die, sometimes parents can't take care of them - all kinds of misfortunes.

Young people have so many great ideas so I can't wait to hear what children from around the country have come up with. 'Pocket Money Pitch' will encourage them to believe in themselves and 'have a go.'

The headmaster asked to read one of my poems at some celebration or other when I was about 10. When I look back, that is phenomenal encouragement.

Is encouragement what the poet needs? Open question. Maybe he needs discouragement. In fact, quite a few of them need more discouragement, the most discouragement possible.

My brother told me I was going to be a poet. I had a good brother. He did a lot of good brotherly work.

My dedication to trying to be a poet started very, very young, and I was very well encouraged by good teachers and by older friends and so on, so I think it is a benediction, and I also think it is a calling, a duty.

My father read poetry to me, encouraged me to memorize poems. But the writing of it was quite a different thing.

Parents really just need support and not to be blamed and not to have fingers pointed at them.

I know what my purpose is. I know what I need to do out there on the floor. Sometimes you won't score a bunch of points, but breathing confidence into the people around you is the biggest key, the biggest role.

Find a group of friends that are going to push you and want you to do better whether it's in the classroom or on the court.

I would still encourage somebody, if they wanted to make a movie, to just go take a movie camera. That's clearly been shown to work.

Dad wanted me to act because it was a clever way of boosting my confidence.

I think that I've always represented self-empowerment, you being your best cheerleader, you always affirming yourself. I've always been about empowering people. It sounds very cliche in a way, but it's not.

This would sound cliched, but my parents have been my biggest support system.

When you are on a climb, you always pick out people's words of encouragement, and it can push us on, without doubt.

People want people to do well. You can get focused on the bitter side of it, like, 'Everybody wants you to fail. Everybody's keeping the door closed to you,' but that's not true at all. Everybody's kind of in the same boat.

My second husband encouraged me to go to a writing group at our local theatre. It was my 'coming out of the closet' moment.

There aren't very many clubs. There's no place for people to develop and play.

Knowing his coach likes him is more important to a player than anything else. To me, it was important to be able to chew out a player for screwing up and for him to accept it because he knew I liked him anyway.

You want your coach's blessing.

When you hear coaches say your son is good, sometimes you think they are just saying it because it's you.