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Quotes About Mentorship

The joy and great satisfaction I derived from leadership—working with and teaching others, helping them reach their potential in contributing to the team's common goals
~ John Wooden
While I made my living as a coach, I have lived my life to be a mentor, and to be mentored! Constantly. Everything in the world has been passed down. Every piece of knowledge is something that has been shared by someone else. If you understand it as I do, mentoring becomes your true legacy. It is the greatest inheritance you can give to others. It is why you get up every day—to teach and be taught.
~ John Wooden
There is also the professional mentor, a person whose success in his or her career can be a source of practical wisdom and inspiration. This success might be mea sured in material gain or far-reaching influence, or in lives touched and relationships fostered. These mentors can offer a model for good business, ethical practices, and effective work habits, and they often provide the motivation we need to seize whatever opportunities come our way.
~ John Wooden
Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating. Youngsters need good models more than they need critics
~ John Wooden
I think parenting and coaching or teaching are the same thing. And they are the two most important professions in the world.
~ John Wooden
No written word nor spoken plea Can teach our youth what they should be. Nor all the books on all the shelves. It's what the teachers are themselves.
~ John Wooden
when we are out of sympathy with the young, our work in this world is over.
~ John Wooden
Jesus came to serve, and He wants you to follow His example.
~ Jim George
I also wanted my basketball players to know that I really cared about them. Forget basketball; as a person, I cared, I cared about their family.
~ John Wooden
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
~ Alexander the Great
Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.
~ Alan Shearer
The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.
~ Saadi
Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice.
~ Charles Kettering
I am in competition only with my father and my uncle (Mukesh Bhatt) because they taught me what I know today. I only believe in making movies with integrity.
~ Pooja Bhatt
Father of fathers, make me one, A fit example for a son.
~ Douglas Malloch
Every dad is the family role model, whether he wants the job or not.
~ Dennis Rainey
I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer.
~ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Every father who ever lived has a dream for his son.
~ Grantland Rice
Perhaps that is what it means to be a father - to teach your child to live without you.
~ Nicole Krauss
I may be a young girl, but behind every young girl is a powerful father.
~ Olivia Palermo
I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice.
~ Eminem
Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.
~ Wade Boggs
We started out as boss and player, and Wellington was almost like my father.
~ Frank Gifford
I met Leo Fender, who is the guru of all amplifiers, and he gave me a Stratocaster. He became a second father to me.
~ Dick Dale