Quotes About Mentorship

Laird was one of my surfing teachers in my TV series, The Tim Ferriss Experiment,

Great men have almost always shown themselves as ready to obey as they afterwards proved able to command." —Lord Mahon If you want great mentors, you have to become a great mentee. If you want to lead, you have to first learn to follow.

It's worth taking a look at the supposed indignities of "serving" someone else. Because in reality, not only is the apprentice model responsible for some of the greatest art in the history of the world—everyone from Michelangelo to Leonardo da Vinci to Benjamin Franklin has been forced to navigate such a system

Always be a student and always be a teacher.

Goals: Setting and Achieving Them on Schedule, How to Stay Motivated, and Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar: "Zig is your grandfather and my grandfather. He's Tony Robbins's grandfather. None of us would be here if it weren't for Zig.

Clear the path for the people above you and you will eventually create a path for yourself.

suddenly, you're going to have to lead it a different way, and what you're really going to have to do is develop people. The advice I'd give to anyone young is it's really about developing people who are going to do the work.

Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger

what if I asked 100+ brilliant people the very questions I want to answer for myself? Or somehow got them to guide me in the right direction?

You're not the last of the old Jedi, Luke, you're the first of the new

I use every single thing that Alfred Hitchcock taught me in my acting career... I am very grateful for the education he gave me in making motion pictures.

My big break occurred when I was six years old and met Scott Moir.

Oddly enough, my grandfather probably had more of an influence on me than my father.

It's great knowing going into the week that you have a guy like Peyton Manning that's going to throw you the ball. You know that during the week, he's working on different things that's going to help our offense, stuff that makes you get better.

I got to know Peyton Manning when he was a high school junior and I was the offensive coordinator at Mississippi State.

We have to build that African-American offensive coordinator/quarterback coach that is going to be a head coach. I think that's our job as head coaches - to find those guys.

If your manager is one that isn't engaged with your career development by offering frequent advice and guidance, it's time to look for greener pastures.

Senior officials are always looking for good juniors, so when the opportunity comes, they give you the responsibilities.

I go back to Francis Schmidt. Francis Schmidt was the Ohio State coach who hired me.

The three greatest people in my life were white, OK. My high school coach, my high school superintendent and my mentor in Manhasset, Long Island.

When I first got to Oklahoma, it was really a blessing that coach Sutton was at Oklahoma State. He made me a better coach.

Since I was old enough to understand what a songwriter/producer is, I've had a curiosity about how Max Martin creates what he creates. I wanted to see that happen. I wanted to be there. I wanted to learn from him.

My old man Shorty was a huge figure in my musical life.

The old school in me knows how to get over and get other guys over. I'm going to continue to do it.