Quotes About Mentoring

Some of these kids just don't plain know how good they are: how smart and how much they have to say. You can tell them. You can shine that light on them, one human interaction at a time.

I forgot how much fun it is having an apprentice.

The final score was 6–4, 6–2, 6–3. I gave young Andre a hug at the net, and said, "Why did you listen so well?

Whatever this child had from Strifbjorn…he was smarter than Strifbjorn had ever shown himself.

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

A child lies like a grey pebble on the shore until a certain teacher picks him up and dips him in water, and suddenly you see all the colours and patterns in the dull stone, and it's marvellous for the stone and marvellous for the teacher.

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

Intelectualii care nu-si incanta elevii nu-i influenteaza, nu formeaza oameni care gandesc, ci repetitori de idei.

I want to work with kids and help develop them, show them the right way, the right morals and attitude into how to become a better footballer. Australia has many different cultures but I'd like to bring in the indigenous style, bring their competitiveness, athleticism and raw ability into the frame.

Many of the most successful coaches and managers have come from players who never reached the highest level. The one exception seems to be basketball, where many of the greatest stars at least tried to coach a team.

If you don't go talk to your boss, if you don't go talk to your mentors, if you don't go talk to people who can influence where you want to be, then they don't know. And they're not mind readers.

I know a lot of kids that if you don't know how to deal with them, you lose them. They don't come ready-made.

I don't think I'm influencing younger artists - they're not trying to be me. But I don't say that in bitterness. I say that with realism.

I've played under Alan Pardew, Gianfranco Zola, Avram Grant, Sam Allardyce, Alan Curbishley and Slaven's made me captain.

It's a great feeling to have a lot of big characters in the team who are willing to help the younger players come through and help them do well.

One of the lessons of leadership worth emphasizing is that you want to get to know other great leaders and take their advice. At some point in your development, it's only people who've been in the seat of having to be leaders who can help you in a deep way.

My mother did what all great leaders do: She sparked the growth of future leaders.

I'm a coachable person. I don't like to lead myself. I've been taught by great people, and I was able to listen to them.

I've always been a believer of taking a little bit of knowledge of every great player I played with.

Parents can shape a child, but a great teacher can, too.

I've got a great team around me that's doing a lot, just keeping me level-headed and clear.

I'm always eager to work with people I admire, people who have experience, who've made mistakes and made great things. That's the greatest teaching I could ever get in developing my own career.

When you have been coached by Ancelotti and other greats, it's hard to be coached by Domenech!

I would have to be in a very different place in my life to coach basketball. I'll always work out and be in the gym.