Quotes About Mentoring

Tommie Aaron taught me how to have a good attitude, to be easy going and not get uptight.

I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus.

Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land.

To develop good thoughts and acts, we must live and associate with good people.

I always advise children who ask me for tips on being a writer to read as much as they possibly can. Jane Austen gave a young friend the same advice, so I'm in good company there.

My personality is very good for nurturing. I'm very empathetic to my artists. You speak to anyone who's worked with me and they'll say, "Oh yeah, Steve's great. He doesn't have the ego."

Bad ballplayers make good managers, not the other way around. All I can do is help them be as good as they are.

I always had good students.

We have very smart players and they've been fortunate to play for three very good coaches.

I have always been a huge believer in the inestimable value good mentoring can contribute to any nascent business

If you put good people around you, I guess you're smart. You learn from them and that makes you a better coach.

I like playing. I wouldn't be a good coach. I don't have the patience to be a coach.

If I associate with chickens, I will learn to scratch at the ground and squabble over crumbs. If I associate with eagles, I will learn to soar to great heights.

You can't always hire great service providers, but you can create them.

Great knowledge is requisite to instruct those who have been well instructed, but still greater knowledge is requisite to instruct those who have been neglected.

Great visions are cast one on one.

There would be no great men if there were no little ones.

I will not accept your guidance and critique unless you are supportive and nurturing. On the other hand, you need to be continually demanding.

When you're seventeen years old, green and inexperienced, you're grateful for any guidance and direction you can get.

We cannot teach people anything we can only help them discover it within themselves.

The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction.

I remember the mentoring experiences of some teachers that I had, like a second term home room teacher in public school that really was very helpful to me.

If we are to have any hope for the future, those who have lanterns must pass them on to others.

The Scoutmaster must be alert to check badge hunting as compared to badge earning.