Quotes About Mentorship

Working with Anurag sir was always a dream. He is the person I started my journey with.

Sir Alex Ferguson has been a massive influence on me.

Working with Hirani sir is a big thing for me. At least in my resume, I'll have a mention of his name in my filmography.

Anurag sir is someone every actor would want to work with.

When I was 21, I did not have that much pressure. I was sitting down on the bench... you know... cleaning Sir Vivian Richards's boots or doing something... getting ready to play international cricket.

While I have got to work with someone as experienced as Ajay Devgn sir in my first film, it is exciting to work with a promising actor like Meezaan in my second.

After I failed in my first two games, I did not expect to be picked. But on the eve of our match against Uttar Pradesh in Kanpur, Pravin Amre sir came to my room and gave me the confidence that I was playing.

Naseer Sir taught me while I was a student at the Film and Television Institute of India. Anything I know about acting is thanks to him.

I would love to collaborate with Hariharan Sir.

When I was a trainee at Kannur Sports School at the age of 13, my coach Nambiar sir used to tell us a lot of things about Milkha Singh - his achievements, lack of nervousness on the track, and a lot of fun stories about him.

Pawan Kalyan sir today is my strength in the industry.

Without Nambiar sir's guidance I would not have been able to achieve what I did for the country.

Salman sir has always told me three things: Be humble. Hard work is extremely important. That's what takes you forward in life.

I feel great to work under Remo sir.

Ask any successful person, and most will tell you that they had a person who believed in them... a teacher, a friend, a parent, a guardian, a sister, a grandmother. It only takes one person, and it doesn't really matter who it is.

Madonna and I worked very closely. I was more like the big sister to her.

Outside of my parents, it's my older sister, Ngum. She lives with me in Detroit and helps me with my day-to-day stuff. She's somebody I've always looked up to. When she was leaving high school and going to college, I wanted to follow in her footsteps.

I like to do stuff for my brothers and sisters to appreciate because they look up to me, and for other kids around the world who want to get into acting or who just want to have somebody to look up to.

We all have little sisters and cousins who look up to us, and we see what they go through. So we have to be an example. A lot of artists come into this business and they don't see things that way. But as you get older - and now that we also have children - your conscience starts working on you.

Growing up, I didn't have older sisters or many strong female role models to look up to. Being an adult now and looking back, I realize how much I wanted someone like that.

It's always great playing with other musicians. It's also a great situation where I'm the older guy, I've influenced generations of guitar players.

Raymond Floyd. The man knows how to control situations. He was experienced. He didn't let me get overly excited; he kept me in check. It allowed me to free myself up, and I played really well with him.

I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.

That's something I'm actually very interested in doing, helping young skaters.