Quotes About Mentorship

If Master P ever hollered at me, I'd holla at him.

I watch Renee Fleming a lot. I listen to Renee Fleming a lot. She was like my built-in master class.

I get a daily master class in Jenifer Lewis, and that's been so special to me. If I haven't prepared for something, she'll ball up the script and throw it at me. She'll say, 'You're not ready for this! Go downstairs and work on it.'

Bayley helped me a lot in my career, especially in NXT. I had some of my best NXT matches with her, and she definitely helped me develop as a talent, because you're just as good as the person you're in there with.

Matt LaFleur's a great coach.

I am becoming a man; I am maturing day by day. The influence of being around men helps me and makes me be more professional.

Haverford was there for me and taught me what it meant to be a human being.

I want to be a role-model player, someone respected and looked up to.

A player may have a future only if he respects the players who taught and advised him.

Even though I'm retired for some years now I still have something positive to say to kids. And they still listen.

I hope the young guys who are playing today realize what they have been given and will take it upon themselves to give back in return.

I have some rhythm, but I definitely learned a lot from Jamal Sims and Spencer Henderson.

I would probably go so far as to say that I couldn't act before I met Richard Ayoade.

Some guys go to different teams and as they get older, they just want to ride the coattail of the younger guys. I don't want to do that.

When you're a kid, you don't know what's right and wrong, so you kind of just have to listen to what they tell you, and I'm just fortunate that I had people around me who knew what they were talking about.

As an 18-year-old, I would have needed an agent or a family to push me in the right direction. I would have liked that.

Adam Szalai and Kerem Demirbay always keep an eye on me and make sure I'm doing the right things.

I'm just trying to go out there and play the game the right way and lead by example.

I've had some great examples in my career of how to do things the right way.

Hopefully I'm somebody the guys can look at and say, 'He goes about things the right way.'

I tell people the most important move they can make is not in the ring. It's taking the time to get to know Mr. McMahon.

When I do retire, you won't see me in the ring, but I will be working in the back with the young guys.

The player I look up to is Rio Ferdinand. I have always played at the back, and I've always tried to base my game on his.

Robert Kraft and I learn from each other.