Quotes About Mentorship

I've learned a tremendous amount from Oprah.

I have been tremendously impacted and influenced by my coaches. It's nice to play for people that are going to support you.

You learn a lot as a coach when you sit back and tell someone what to do, and then you realize, 'Hey, I need to start doing that myself.' I think coaching can improve a fighter's game tremendously.

If you ask most smart or successful people where they learned their craft, they will not talk to you about their time in school. It's always a mentor, a particularly transformative job, or a period of experimentation or trial and error.

In 2007, I studied with Peter Erskine because I was doing a Buddy Rich tribute concert, and I wanted to take my big-band drumming up a level. I went over to Peter's house with my sticks, feeling like a 13-year-old again.

Having gained experience, you can help others and discover your destination and unique gift

A hero is someone who enlightened your life, whom you can emulate and adhere.

Believe in people, they fly for a day. Teach them to believe in themselves, they soar for a lifetime.

A father gives his child nothing better than a good education

As a teacher, the desire to teach is valuable, but the desire to educate is priceless.

The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.

Anyone who wants to be an example to others, must first examine himself.

The greatest gift of leadership is a boss who wants you to be successful.

I once sent him a song and asked him to mark a cross wherever he thought it was faulty. Brahms returned it untouched, saying 'I don't want to make a cemetery of your compositions.'

My dad taught me to be a leader or a follower, and he said follower ain't fun. So I want to be the leader of Bubba Watson.

Like Zidane I want to inspire the kids

Boys want to grow up to be like their male role models. And boys who grow up in homes with absent fathers search the hardest to figure out what it means to be male.

If you know exactly what you want to be, you need to spend as much time as possible with people who are actually that already.

If there are kids who want to follow in my footsteps, I'd say that my shoes are too big for them to fill! But their shoe size is just perfect.

I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin 'em and I just beat 'em every time I can. I want to make 'em sharp.

When I was 17, I read a profile of Carol Leifer. Since then, I wanted to be her. I still want to be her.

Be careful who you get advice from. I get advice from people who are where I want to be.

Don't help the young too much — it will just weaken them and they'll resent it, and finally start avoiding you.

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