Quotes About Mentorship

Jake 'The Snake,' getting the chance to talk to him all day and just picking his brain - you know, he has his demons, but he's an intelligent person, and he knows the business like no other.

Over the course of my life, there have been so many people who have invested in me and provided me with opportunities to grow.

There's a lot of things I wouldn't have today if it wasn't for Curt Hennig. And he taught so many people.

So many people have helped me in my life, and Amar Singh ji is my godfather.

My dad is more credible than almost anybody I know. Growing up, I think I took for granted having a father in my life. I know I shouldn't have been like that. A lot of my friends didn't have a father, so for so many people he was the father figure. I look at the way he's lived his life, sacrificing so much.

That's why John Cena was No. 1 for so many years. Because every time John got in the ring with somebody, he made them better than they were.

Larry Fitzgerald, I've spent so much time with him, he's one of my favorites and one of the best.

My son is the main shareholder of my company, and I help him explore some of those opportunities that are related to things I know about, such as energy and the environment. But I'm active because I can't think of anything else to do in my so-called retirement.

If you hadn't done what you did," he told Weil, "I would never have become Ram Dass.

We should try to leave the world a better place than when we entered it. As individuals, we can make a difference, whether it is to probe the secrets of Nature, to clean up the environment and work for peace and social justice, or to nurture the inquisitive, vibrant spirit of the young by being a mentor and a guide.

Figura 8.3. Diálogo mentor/mentee (la kata de coaching) para enseñar la kata de mejora.

A lot of the guys were like that - Oscar Pettiford - they just took me under their wing, and that's why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.

Chick Hearn taught me how to play basketball, how to think about basketball. He taught me how to love basketball.

The one thing that always sticks out to me was how reading to young people - even if they're not that young, even if they're too cool for school, middle schoolers - what a profound act of love it is.

Now you have kids that say, 'I wanna be Torii Hunter one day.' Man, I love that.

I'd like to expand on doing what I love and venture out a bit more. I would like to play consistantly good music. Eventually someday I would like to open up a school and teach kids about music.

I love Wayne, I respect his talent. I've watched him grow up.

It's just like being a father; you got to show them love and you got to show them the path. I don't like this role-model stuff, though.

I love the idea that the person that signs you makes the record, because you get that sense of guidance, of being there at that close point.

I love seeing the light go on in aspiring writers' eyes when you point out ways to improve their prose or their story - when they get it.

If one has an enlighened teacher and you come to this person with love, they will show you the ways of love.

A teacher can change a life just with appreciation and love.

We cannot expect to lift others unless we stand on higher ground ourselves.

Some people--and I pray I will be one of them--never forget what it was like, which enables them to mentor people of any age.