Quotes About Mentorship

A good teacher teaches what he has been taught. A wise one teaches what he has learned.

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

You send your child to the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys who educate him.

The cardinal virtue of a teacher (is) to protect the pupil from his own influence

I think my dad has helped me tremendously.

Rafe made people find something in themselves...(he) made me dream, he saw what I could hope to be, and helped me hope it. He did that to everyone he knew - especially the ones he knew the best." - Danny

I always liked telling my students: "Go out and do for others what somebody did for you.

But Andy van Dam, my "Dutch uncle" and mentor at Brown, advised me, "Get yourself a PhD. Be a professor." "Why should I do that?" I asked him. And he said: "Because you're such a good salesman, and if you go work for a company, they're going to use you as a salesman. If you're going to be a salesman, you might as well be selling something worthwhile, like education." I am

Your influence on us all, from 1939 on, cannot be measured. i can only say i remember, warmly, your many kindnesses to me when i was 192021 years old. that young man basked in your light and will continue to be grateful for the help you offered when i was so poor & needful!

Coach Cal really makes you look good.

It's the best gift any teacher could possibly get, to go back to where you came from and offer knowledge and camaraderie.

I had played on the police athletic league, but my father had a unique thing, he always said, 'Before you start going to basketball camp and doing all the things, you should learn about yourself first before somebody else starts telling you how to play.'

My music teacher who I was really close with, she helped me out a lot being away from home and going to school in Rhode Island. She was like a mother to me on campus. But she was the theater teacher and she didn't have anyone to play Aladdin, so she asked me if I would.

Whether I'm captain or not, I always like to think that I lead by example anyway. I do the same things as I always do and try to help the group out.

When I was a kid at Middlesbrough, we had the best captain ever in Gareth Southgate who was absolutely brilliant.

It's a big thing to play under Mahi bhai. He was my first captain.

We want to make sure our athletes have a future once their athletics careers are over.

I am a big advocate of female entrepreneurs. I do what I can to advise and help them along in their careers.

It's good to know that your coach cares about you.

I want to help guys get better. I want to help them get paid. I want to help them win games, but I want to do it in a way that allows for them to think, 'That guy cares about me. He cares about my family. He cares about me as a person.'

I would love to take a role like Greg Chappell did for Australia. I think I have a good eye for talent and this is something that we have never taken on board in the Caribbean.

Odell is going to grow up. That why's he is bringing other people in his life so he can grow up. If he wasn't trying to grow up, he wouldn't be calling Cris Carter.

I watched 'Coach Carter,' it's like the best film ever!

My dad never forced me to do anything. But if I did it, if I decided to go play catch or basketball, he was hard on me. You had to do it the right way if you were going to do it. He never let me win.